Re: [libreoffice-users] LibO3.3 hangs up when saving an *.odt as *.doc

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi :)
>
> I think my own approach would be to stick with OpenOffice 3.2 (well the
> Go-oo
> version) as that is still free and OpenSource.  If i had time i would
> probably
> try to find out how people have been installing LibreOffice alongside OOo
> without un-installing either.
>
> There is no need for you to apologise.  Many thanks are due for all the
> work you
> have put into this already.  Many people, including me, would probably not
> have
> done so much.  People are keen to know more but you are under no obligation
> to
> do anything about that :)  LibreOffice devs will get this fixed, hopefully
> soon
> - or at least before OOo goes proprietary (if that ever happens).  Don't
> worry!
>
> Many thanks and regards from
> Tom :)

Now that didn't take long. :)

Reinstalled LO33 and loaded and saved my problem document as Word 97/2000/XP
and lo and behold it did it again! Locked up LO33 and ran the CPU up to
about 75%.

The other night I was in a hurry.
Today, tried other files with no problems. Saving as *.odt then as *.doc
(Word 97/2000/XP)

Went back to the original and saved it under another name without problem.

So, there is a problem, just not as serious as it could have been, and I
have no idea
what happen to damage the other document, but I'll keep watching. It may
just be a problem
on the hard disk, though it has never given any problems before. Who knows.

I want to thank you all for you comments. They all made me think of the
things I'd ignored
in my haste to get the document sent. Haste does make waste.

I'll continue on with LO3.3 looking for all the goodies I've been waiting
for.

saludos,
Richard.


________________________________
> From: Richard <richard.holt@gmail.com>
> To: users@libreoffice.org
> Sent: Fri, 28 January, 2011 18:13:29
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibO3.3 hangs up when saving an *.odt as
> *.doc
>
> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk
> > wrote:
>
> > I think he is probably busy getting on with work and just hoping things
> > magically work soon.
> >
> >
> > Things often do seem to get fixed in OpenSource stuff so it's a
> legitimate
> > approach if time is frustratingly limited.  It can be annoying for people
> > that
> > want to trouble-shoot down to pinpoint the problem and fix it faster tho!
> >
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
>
> Hello Tom,
>
> Well, sort of. I went to Bugzilla, but didn't note the bug number,
> because I didn't have too high hopes for an easy workaround. Sorry about
> that.
>
> A search last night indicated that it had been observed in some rc's
> so maybe it is a regression and will soon be fixed. One can hope. :)
>
> I removed LO3.3rc4 and reinstalled OOo3.2.1-11 from Debian repo, because I
> had to send the file.
>
> In my opinion LibO33 is a tremendous improvement but I do have to save to
> *.doc from time to time.
> I've been using OpenOffice since before it would print. I have hoped that I
> would never need MSO,
> and so far it has been successful in that 99.99% of the time.
> I know it takes time to find the problem and fix it or develop a
> workaround,
> especially when it seems
> to only affect a few people.
>
> Since quite a few said they had no problem, I'll try again. Maybe it was
> that particular file,
> but that really is not an excuse for freezing on a simple 2 page doc with
> some numbering?
>
> I run Debian Squeeze on a Pentium 4 clone with nothing out of the ordinary.
> OOo3.2.1 has been the most glitch free for me. I've tried all the betas and
> RCs of LibO but
> have so far been unable to continue using it. My version 3.2.1 comes from
> the Debian testing repository.
> Granted it is based on the Go-OO version, but I understand that LibO is
> also?
>
> So no, I don't have much more to offer than that it freezes and cranks up
> the CPU
> when saving an *.odt to a *.doc.  I wish it didn't. I had dreamed that this
> would be the
> version that would work for me.
>
> I'm going to remove OOo once again and reinstall LibO3.3 one more time on
> my
> production desktop.
> If I see an actual error message, I will visit Bugzulla again and file a
> more substantial issue.
> I will keep my fingers crossed,  throw salt over my shoulder, rub my lucky
> rabbits foot and try once more.
>
> Thanks for the commiseration.
>
> regards,
> Richard.
>
>
> > ________________________________
> > From: Cor Nouws <oolst@nouenoff.nl>
> > To: users@libreoffice.org
> > Sent: Fri, 28 January, 2011 16:23:59
> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibO3.3 hangs up when saving an *.odt as
> > *.doc
> >
> > Luuk wrote (28-01-11 17:12)
> >
> > > And Richard could run into this 'special case'..... (we dont know,
> > > because too less info)
> >
> > And since he didn't answer -up until now- we basically know nothing :-)
> >
> > Cor
> >
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