Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with IMPRESS - LibreOffice

Hi Chris,

you can use users@de.libreoffice.org as well.

reinhold83@t-online.de schrieb:
> PORTABLE COMPUTER Toshiba Satellite Pro C660-2TQ (Core i3-380M, 2.53
> GHz, 4096 MB RAM)
> GERMAN Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64 (OS is up to date)
> GERMAN LibreOffice 3.5.7.2 installed from LibreOffice-Box CD
>
> hi everybody,
>
> to make it easier for me, i only write in small letters, sorry for
> that.
>
> i  have a cd with content which is "interactive". this cd is
> concerning a  special event and includes several files, for example
> *.pdf, *.doc and  also *.ppt.
>
> the cd works with a flash-based overview (like a menu), where u can go
> to the categories on the cd.
>
> in this flash-based surface u can klick on something (like a
> hyperlink) and then it opens a file on the cd.
>
> all the *.doc files can be opened by WRITER without any problems, also
> *.pdf opens correct with ADOBE.
>
> but there a two *.ppt files on the cd. IMPRESS can handle the second
> *.ppt file, BUT NOT THE FIRST ONE.
>
> if you click on the "link" to the first *.ppt in the flash surface,
> LIBREOFFICE starts, and immediatly a window opens called "ASCII FILTER
>   OPTIONEN".

When LibreOffice shows the ASCII filter, it cannot detect the type of 
the file.

> clicking OK with the settings given, LIBREOFFICE  starts, it loads the
> document (saying "Dokument wird importiert") and then, the program
> freezes.
>
> after maybe 2 minutes the freeze is over, the *.ppt file is opened
> with 38721 (!) sites and shows only unrecognizable signs.

Do you remember the very first signs? They indicate the type of the file.

> the  are a lot of possibilities to change something in the "ASCII
> FILTER  OPTIONEN" window, i tried several settings but no one works.
>
> when browsing the file directly in the folders of the cd without the
> flash surface, the same thing as already described, happens.

Do you try to start the file with double-click or do you use the file 
menu when LibreOffice is already running? Please try it from the menu 
and choose a filter explicitly. As PowerPoint 2003 can read it, try one 
of the old PowerPoint formats.

> i tried it on my (very) old DESKTOP COMPUTER with MICROSOFT OFFICE
> POWERPOINT 2003, the file opens in a normal way. no problems.

> file size of the *.ppt is 9,36 MB by the way. it contains some
> pictures.
>
> i put a screenshot in the e-mail with the "ASCII FILTER OPTIONEN"
> window.
>
> can anyone help me to solve this problem?

Can you copy the file from the CD and provide it for download?

There exist already a LibrOffice 4.0 release candidate. Can you please 
try to open the file with that version?

Kind regards
Regina

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