Re: [SLE] Open Office problem
From: BandiPat (penguin0601_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 06/15/04
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To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 22:07:38 -0400
On Monday 14 June 2004 08:27 pm, Doug McGarrett wrote:
> HI, all
>
> Received a .DOC file from a MAC machine. The headline is gone,
> buried in a ton of # signs, the double spacing is gone, the
> italicizing is gone, and at the end of the file is another about 17
> lines of mostly # signs.
>
> I also got a copy in WP format, which is totally hung, altho the
> little part I can read looks like the right format, etc. I have a
> complaint in to Corel.
>
> I tried to open the file in native WP (got the file both ways) and
> with the patch that was listed here a couple of weeks ago to make WP
> read .DOC files. No good either way--WP hangs. No mouse, no scroll,
> no clicking on anything, NOTHING.
>
> Hope to hear from Corel, but would appreciate any comments/help
> from anyone else. I need these capabilities, as I am an editor of
> a print newsletter, and I will have to go back to Windows if I can't
> resolve these issues.
>
> --doug
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Doug,
I'm not having a problem with .doc files, but I don't have a Mac .doc
file to test here. As always with MS software, incompatibilities
between versions and operating systems are not uncommon.
I don't think that OO has a WP filter yet, although I didn't get a crash
when trying to load one. There is a stand alone program you can use
from the shell to convert those(WP) to OO format though, keeping most
if not all the formatting. I usually use KWord for WP files now and
just convert them there. If I'm not mistaken AbiWord will read WP
files and allow you to save out differently. That would be worth a
try. I guess the Mac, although based on a good OS now, still has it's
quirks. ;o)
Lee
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