Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem With "ASCII Filter Options"

On 01/12/2012 07:01 PM, David Werner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I use a MacMini, running Lion. I upgraded from Snow Leopard, with which I could read/write Word2004 
> documents. Lion won't let me do that. I do not want to purchase MicrosoftOffice 2011, so i've 
> downloaded LibreOffice3. (3.3.3)
>
> I won't go into detail with other conversion problems. The main one is when a document is listed as a LibreOpen Document&  
> I try to open it w/ LibreOffice3, I get a window, "ASCII Filter Options." I click ok,&  get a document filled w/ 
> # signs, among others. This seems to be a problem on other websites involving the "ASCII Filter Options" issue, but 
> none of the topics relate to Word2004. It's always about Word2003 or Word2007.
>
> What can I do to solve this problem? Or, can I NOT do anything to solve it? Would appreciate any 
> advice or links you can give me.
>
> David
I would expect Word2003 to be a very similar to Word2004. I believe W04 
is the Mac version of W03 and uses the same file extensions. So I would 
try a solution suggested for W03 unless it specifically says the problem 
is a Windows (OS) problem not an Office problem.

If the file is an *.odt or *.msox you can use a zip utility to open it 
and find the xml file with the data in it. This trick does not work 
W03/W04 files.

Also, check the default ODF version in LO, it should be 1.2 extended 
(Tools>Options>Load/Save>General). You may want to check Micicrosoft 
Oficce settings under Load/Save.

--
Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com


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