Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

On 2011-05-04 02:53, Francis Dollarhyde wrote:
> I recently received a .docx file as an attachment.
> However, what I tried, LO wouldn't read it. It opened it but gave a
> blank page.
> The people who sent the file are complete computer illiterate who
> follow MS$ like slaves. I assume it is the latest Word or whatever MS$
> uses as text application. It can well be that the file is composed of
> pictures. When I open the file with Hexedit I see content and the
> first 2 bytes are hex 50 4B (PK) and byte 31 till 49 contains
> "[Content_Types] xml, the byte beween ] and x is hex 2E.
> Can anybody explain why LO can't read this file?
> Help is much appreciated.
> Joep
>
> I suspect the problem is word art.   OpenOffice and LibreOffice has no
> equivalent
> Please send the file to the email Francis.F.Dollarhyde@gmail.com.
>
> I will look at it in LibreOffice 64  Mint Linux,  Openoffice,  MS
> Office 2007
I have the same problem, a .docx with some text and what is probably
some diagrams. It is not understanable in LO and I have had to request a
.doc or PDF.
I suspect it is MS trying to be non-compatible as earlier .docx were not
so bad. As more organisations migrate to MO 2010 and they become less
standard interoperability with LO may disappear altogether.
steve

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