Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't save to .doc or .docx

Hi :)  Sounds like a bad install somewhere then.  Can the problem one  be 
reinstalled or updated?  Perhaps from a different PPA?  Which is the recommended 
PPA now?

I tend to use the Tools menu to set the default to always use ".doc" although 
now that MicroSquish Office 2007 & 2010 can open ".odt" it is less of an issue 
except for old Word users.  Anyway, to change the defaults ... 

Tools - Options - Load/Save - General
Then change the drop-down lists at the bottom by rolling up 1 or 2 places 
avoiding the "Template" options.  So,
"Text Document" = Word (98/2000/Xp)
"Spreadsheet"     = Excel  (98/2000/Xp)
"Presentation"     = PowerPoint (98/2000/Xp)

One better tactic, that would benefit us, is to use odt and when you email 
people your documents give them the LibreOffice download link
http://www.libreoffice.org/download/
Does this page cleverly know which operating system you are using?  Does it give 
the right download for your OS like Firefox & OpenOffice do?

Many regards from
Tom :)





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Sent: Wed, 19 January, 2011 17:07:36
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't save to .doc or .docx

On 01/19/2011 11:54 AM, Olwe Melwasul wrote:
> I can choose from the usual long list of formats, but when I choose .doc
> (97/2000/XP) or .docx (2007) the Writer app hangs up. In my Gnome Ubuntu
> 10.04 that means the app "goes gray" as if it's thinking hard, but it never
> recovers. I kill Writer and restart, which gives me the recover option. All
> is good with recovery. I try a .odt save and that works. Would like .doc
> save, though....

I just opened a ODT file and used the save as option.  I choose the .doc
file type and added the .doc extension to the file name.
It worked for me.  No graying out.  I use the current version RC3
on Ubuntu 10.10 64-bit.

> > Where is the problem?
> > Can you read a message? Or is the problem in the dialog box?
> >
> >
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> > Have a nice day.
> >
> > Joachim (Germany)
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