Comment 30 for bug 424132

I've observed the same problem in the writer part. It saves in an old MS word format (although e.g. Word 2003 was selected) which causes the loss of e.g. German umlauts or the €-symbol (probably any non ASCII character).

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> From: Murz <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Sent: 15.10.'09, 17:20
>
> New problem - OOo Calc saves wrong xls when openoffice.org-kde package is installed! without it - saves correctly.
> Example:
> - Install openoffice-kde in Karmic
> - Open OOo Calc
> - Create new file, type "тест" (in russian letters) in cell A1.
> - File - Save as, select "Microsoft Excel 97/2000/XP (.xls)", press Save, Keep format.
> - Open this xls file in Microsoft Office Excel 2003.
> We see "????" in cell A1
>
> - remove openoffice-kde in Karmic
> - Open OOo Calc
> - Create new file, type "тест" (in russian letters) in cell A1.
> - File - Save as, select "Microsoft Excel 97/2000/XP (.xls)", press Save, Keep format.
> - Open this xls file in Microsoft Office Excel 2003.
> We see "тест" in cell A1
>
> Attached file test3.xls is created with openoffice-kde is installed,
> test4.xls - with removed.
>
> ** Attachment added: "test3.xls is created with openoffice-kde is installed"
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33738101/test3.xls
>
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> [kubuntu] OOo KDE file dialog is utterly broken.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/424132
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> Status in “kubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in “openoffice.org” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
> Status in kubuntu-meta in Ubuntu Karmic: Invalid
> Status in openoffice.org in Ubuntu Karmic: Confirmed
> Status in Gentoo Linux: New
> Status in “openoffice.org” package in openSUSE: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> OO.org successfully uses the KDE file dialog, however, it's very broken. Some issues:
>
> - The default directory is one higher in the hierarchy than it should be (for instance, it starts in /home. After you save, the next save defaults to one directory above that)
> - Automatic file extensions don't work
> - Some buttons (like 'New folder') are missing
> - The checkboxes below the file picker widget have no text
> - The settings menu has no text.
>