https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57769
Priority: medium
Bug ID: 57769
Assignee: libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
Summary: FILEOPEN: .docx file considered as damaged if using
.doc extension
Severity: normal
Classification: Unclassified
OS: All
Reporter: nalimi...@club.fr
Hardware: Other
Status: NEW
Version: 3.5.6.2 release
Component: Writer
Product: LibreOffice
Created attachment 70866
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Empty .docx file incorrectly ending with .doc
It happens that .docx files are using a .doc extension. I found this for
several files on a website, even though I don't understand why. In that case LO
3.5.7.2 and 3.6.3.2 (tested on Linux for the first, on Mac OS X for the second)
consider the file as damaged, ask whether to attempt to fix it, and eventually
fail to open it. Users can then only blame LO, because it appears to work with
MS Word.
Would it be possible to do a basic detection during the attempt at fixing the
file, or even before? Document formats have magic sequences that allow the
'file' UNIX command to detect them. This would make LO much more robust. Many
applications do not even use the extension for anything, and detect the format
from the contents of the file.
Attached is an empty .docx file incorrectly ending with .doc to illustrate the
problem.
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