Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LWP documents

Hi :)
Time to post a bug-report then, or use the existing one which seems to have got a bit muddled.  

In wikipedia i found there is apparently a LotusWord viewer, see bottom of
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Lotus_Word_Pro
but if that only helps convert 1 doc at a time then it's pretty useless.  Perhaps the link might be 
useful for the bug-report?

According to IBM their files 'should' open with no problems in MS Word
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/products/smartsuite/wordprofeatures.html
but i never believe anything big companies say until after trying it.  It's bad enough that a free 
product fails to deliver what it has apparently promised but paying too much money to buy something 
that also doesn't work would be the icing on the cake.  

If you are not able to try opening a lwp file in Word feel free to send me a private email with a 
copy of one of the documents that doesn't work in LO as i might be able to try it in Word 2007 and 
Word 2010 later today or tomorrow.  I still think it would be better to let the devs have a copy of 
at least 1 file that doesn't work as there is far more chance of them fixing the filter.  If it 
does open in MS Word then there might be a way to convert the documents in large batches.  

Regards from
Tom :)


--- On Wed, 1/2/12, Alex Thurgood <alex.thurgood@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Alex Thurgood <alex.thurgood@gmail.com>
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: LWP documents
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Wednesday, 1 February, 2012, 8:03

Le 27/01/2012 00:30, Gregory Forster a écrit :

Hi Gregory,

> How do I open LotusWord Pro documents? When I click on the document in
> Windows Explorer, I get a blank screen. When I enter LibreOffice and
> open the document, I get a blank screen. In LibreOffice, I File/Open,
> change the file selection to Lotus WordPro document (*.lwp), select the
> file and still get a blank screen.

First, check that you do actually have the filters installed.
If you do a File > Open, do you see LWP in the list of available import filters ?

Second, the filters are not perfect, even when they are installed. Many LWP documents do not open 
correctly, if at all, especially if you have tables and/or inserted images in them. I have found 
that the filters only manage to successfully import the most simple of documents. Things with 
footers and headers tend to be misinterpreted or not represented.

Alex


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