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> Word is made of hacks and kludges, matching them is nearly impossible. The newer OOXML formats are fine. They’re only hard to implement because the feature s
by jahewson 3y ago
> Word is made of hacks and kludges, matching them is nearly impossible.
The newer OOXML formats are fine. They’re only hard to implement because the feature set of word is gigantic. PDF is much worse.
- davidgerard 3y agosort of? Nobody uses OOXML Strict, including Microsoft themselves. Office defaults to its own dialect of OOXML Transitional, i.e. standard plus vendor extensions. This dialect also subtly differs between MSO versions. i.e. Microsoft is still playing silly buggers with file formats, same as it ever was.