Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LWP documents

Done! Bug #45633 I included an attachment of an LWP file that won't open.

Thanks

Greg

On 2/1/2012 4:34 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> 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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