[libreoffice-users] Re: Frame in header of .doc crashes Writer

I'm dealing with a bunch of archived, existing .doc files, rather than
attempting to create new ones, so re-saving each one as an .odt isn't ideal.

On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 3:52 AM, Tom [via Document Foundation Mail Archive]
<ml-node+s969070n4039123h31@n3.nabble.com> wrote:

> Hi :)
> The ideal way to store documents is with OpenDocument Formats such as
> Odt.  Only convert to MS formats if you have to share but leave the Odt in
> the same folder so that you can re-edit the document easily without having
> to push a document through so many conversions.
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
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> > Sent: Thursday, 21 February 2013, 3:31
> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Frame in header of .doc crashes Writer
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> > On 02/20/2013 08:54 PM, [hidden 
> > email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4039123&i=2>wrote:
> > > I'm having some trouble opening a legal pleading .doc, which has some
> line
> > > numbers on the left side of the page, in the form of a table in a frame
> in
> > > the header. MS Word opens it just fine, but LibreOffice 3.6 and 4.0.0.3
> both
> > > seem to have the frame extending past the edges of the page, with the
> page
> > > count increasing until LibreOffice crashes by running out of memory.
> > >
> > > The attached file is a .doc, and converting it to .docx fixes the
> problem
> > > (stupid frames), but I have many other .doc files like it, and
> re-saving
> > > each one isn't a desirable solution.
> > >
> > > crashy_pleading.doc
> > > <http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n4039033/crashy_pleading.doc>
>
> > >
> > I tried opening the document with Writer (4.0.03), Abiword, and Calligra.
> Writer crashed and the other two opened something but it did look correct
> either one.
> > My thought would be to try a headless conversion for *.doc to *.docx in
> Terminal. This will make new copies of the files in the appropriate format
> on your system.
> > In Linux the command would be like this when you in the folder where the
> *.doc files are:
> > /opt/libreoffice4.0/program/soffice --headless --convert-to docx *.doc
> >
> > Out of curiosity can you save the *.docx format to *.odt and it look
> correct in *.odt?
> > -- Jay Lozier
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