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Checking LibreOffice-saved Microsoft Word files

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I'm looking for a method to verify that a .doc or .docx file that has been created in Microsoft Word, and then modified in Ubuntu (in my case, with LibreOffice) will look the same when I give it to people using Microsoft Word.

Unfortunately, they need the ability to edit it afterward, or I would just export the files as pdfs.

I can see that the files remain more or less the same, but what I'd like is to be able to check it every time before I send the file back. A 100% accurate viewer could solve this, or an on-line method.

Any (preferably easy-to-implement) ideas?

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answered 1 Year ago inaterested · Accepted Answer

I think the simplest solution is to create a Microsoft SkyDrive account. Unlike Office 365 SkyDrive appears to be free. Once you've made an account, you can upload a Word document and view it using the SkyDrive web Word viewer.

This is easier than installing Wine and the desktop Microsoft Word Viewer; also, the first file I tried viewing appeared garbled on the desktop Word Viewer, and correctly on the web Word Viewer through SkyDrive (for the record, installing the desktop Word Viewer and Wine wasn't particularly difficult).

The disadvantage of this is that you need web access to view a file, and you need to upload it to SkyDrive.