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

In news:4DC016D7.8060701@gmail.com,
Francis Dollarhyde <francis.f.dollarhyde@gmail.com> typed:
> 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

This might be a long shot, but I recently ran into a similar situation. It 
turned out the user had sent it with windows Live Mail. When I tried out 
Live Mail, it was all completely readable.
   Guess which mail client I'll never use?

HTH,

Twayne`




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