Re: [libreoffice-users] Cannot open DOCX file

Thanks, Tom, but that's not the point. I created a DOCX file on my phone
and could not open it with LO 3.4.3. I can open it with MS Word 2010.

Not looking for a work-around but I will take the advice of using DOC
instead.

Tom Davies has written on 10/29/2011 7:08 AM:
> Hi :)
> I still think that Doc as opposed to DocX is the only format that all 3 programs can read/write 
> the same.  Just open the existing DocX in either Android or MS and then 
>
> File (or golden orb) - "Save As ... "
>
> and choose something like "older Word 97/2000/Xp"
>
> I would experiment with Odt as it is a superior format, even the older 1.1, but using it might 
> require changing the defaults for LibreOffice
>
> Tools - Options - "+ Load/Save" - General
>
> In the middle of that page you can change the ODF format to the older one and at the bottom you 
> can change the defaults from ODF (Odt, Ods, Odp etc) to MS Office ones (Doc, Xls, Ppt).
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
> --- On Sat, 29/10/11, e-letter <inpost@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: e-letter <inpost@gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Cannot open DOCX file
> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > Date: Saturday, 29 October, 2011, 10:21
> > On 28/10/2011, ESChamp <eschamp@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > I created a docx file with Android Office Suite Pro,
> > and while MS Office
> > > 2010 can open it, LO cannot.
> > >
> > > Ideas?
> >
> > The best idea is to create an odt document and tell us if
> > there any errors.
> >
> > If you want to create m$ formats, contact office suite pro
> > and/or m$.
> >
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