Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx trouble

John

On 11/27/2011 01:15 PM, John D. Herron wrote:
> hi. i'm working on a standalone ubuntu 11.04 box (no Windows on it!)
> with LibreOffice 3.3.4 OOO330m19 (Build:401).
>
> Last week I sent a client a .doc file, which he reviewed (Edit -> 
> Show) and
> then returned to me for further comments. I in turn added comments and
> corrections to it in the same fashion, even changing some of his own 
> entries.
> When I had finished I saved it outright (i.e. not Save as....) and 
> closed it so I
> could e-mail it. On second thought I realized I needed to add one more
> comment, but when I reopened the document i discovered that it had
> been saved as *.docx*... (that is how he had sent his original to me, 
> as I
> realized too late...).
>
> Attempts to reopen the document in libreoffice proved futile: all i 
> got to see
> was a fully readable first page (where no corrections had been made), 
> followed
> by some numbering and bullets with no visible text.
> I then tried to re-save it as .odt or standard .doc, but no joy.
>
> As I unzipped the document and looked into it I saw that distinct 
> parts of the
> document had been stored in separate 'compartments'. In a subsection 
> named
> 'document.xml' i found the full text (complete with corrections and 
> comments)
> listed in something akin to 'web-script' format.
>
> I did return the reviewed document to my client as is (since he is 
> working
> with a recent version of MSWord); he will need to use it immediately when
> he receives it. My questions are
> - is he likely to be able to properly open and view the document as i 
> returned
>   it to him?     and if not
> - is there some way for me to recover or repair it?
>
> On _imagebin.org_ I have (as 'johnherron') posted the 'segments' of the
> document (11082_bb_Memo_inRe_... .docx) as shown by
> Nautilus.
>
> I'm very new at this, so i'd appreciate whatever help you may be able 
> to provide
> in plain, easy-to-understand language.
>
> Thanks even now.
> john
>
>
> **
I try to double save important files with my working copy being ODF and 
when necessary in MSO.

You can try adding this ppa for Libroffice and upgrade to 3.4.4: note I 
have listed the commands needed to install the ppa using Terminal. This 
is simpler IMHO than having side-by-side installs of two LO versions.

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libroffice/ppa

    sudo apt-get update

I would run Update Manager or Synaptic and either should find the new 
versions.

My experience is that 3.3.X is not as good as 3.4.X in handling msox 
formats. When I had a similar problem with 3.3.2/3 I found that Word 
2010 had no problem with opening the file nor did anyone who received 
it. No one commented on any file corruption.

Looking at your image, it looks like all the information is there so 
your customer should not even noticed that you had a problem.

--
Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com


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