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

On 05/04/2011 02:03 AM, planas wrote:
> Hi
>
> On Wed, 2011-05-04 at 16:15 +1200, Steve Edmonds wrote:
>
> > 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
When MSO forced their way and had their .docx [XML] file format, and the 
other "x" formats, become some sort of world standard, they would not 
provide the documentation to the ISO standards committee.  Then when 
that committee pushed and started to edit that format to make it easier 
to use, for that standard, MS decided that they would not comply to that 
standard.

Also, I have been told that if you create a complex .docx file with the 
latest MS Word package, it will not open properly with Word 2007.  MS 
seems not to want interoperability between MSO releases.  They want to 
force users to keep buying newer and newer versions to be able to read 
the newest format versions.

I use to deal with MSO but no longer.  THEY claim to have included the 
ODF into their package, since it was the world standard, but messed it 
up so it wold not work properly.  MSO wants to rule how you do office 
work, and do not like the fact that some upstarts are going against 
their dictatorship.

Well it is in the middle of the night for me, so my above text might not 
say what I wanted correctly.

The big thing is that I always tell my MSO users to use .doc and .xlt 
formats if they want others to be able to use them.  That way anyone 
with a computer that can use Win XP and newer and bought a copy of MSO 
when they bought their system can sue those files.  Also, the growing 
user base for OOo and LibreOffice can use it as well.  Too many 
companies are dumping MSO for OOo and LO to not make sure that the files 
that are being shared are usable to all others.


> I have seen problems with macros not allowing a correct translation.
> Formatted text seems to correctly translate. I have not tried embedded
> graphics.


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