LibreOffice bug: Flat ODF support not integrated on Linux and Windows

[dagwieers]

At the moment both Windows and Linux have issues with seamless Flat ODF integration.

For Windows the problem is that the XSLT Filters are not installed by default, so the work-around is to do a modified installation and enable the XSLT Filters during the installation. An existing installation can also be modified to include them using the installer.

More information at:

• https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31624
• https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39724

For Linux the problem is that the file associations of Flat ODF files are not working due to the missing mime-types. So a work-around is to associate the Flat ODF files in Gnome or KDE with LibreOffice. You can do this for .fodt, (Text) .fods (Spreadsheet) and.fodp (Presentation).

More information at:

• http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice/2011-December/021731.html

[dagwieers]

As reported in the bug-tracker, Flat ODF support will be enable on Windows by default during installation starting from the LibreOffice 3.4.6 and 3.5.1 release. No information yet about the file associations.