Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: openoffice.org2
1) Output of cat /etc/lsb-release:
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=7.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=gutsy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 7.10"
2) Source package:
OpenOffice.org 2.3 680m5(Build:9221)
3) Version (from Synaptic):
1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3
4) I was opening a .odt file containing a document about 70 pages long
(letter size) that derived from a .doc (Word) document. The file
contained both typed material, bitmaps, tables and some text taken from
web pages. It was written in Spanish, but some of the content from the
web might have been in English. I was reviewing it and making
modifications in the document, about halfway down.
5) About halfway down the document, the application froze. No further
actions were recognized by the GUI. I could still use the Operating
System, but after about a minute, the Operating System froze, too.
During that time (before total freezing), CPU use would skyrocket. I
even tried making openoffice's .bin the highest priority to allow it to
finish whatever it was doing, to no avail.
I tried running the application from the console, and got this output:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ooffice -writer '/home/angel/amsn_received/Proyecto KUNNA
030312A.odt'
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ error: duplicate REP tables used
Failure loading aff file /usr/lib/openoffice/share/dict/ooo/en_ZA.aff
I found similar bugs reported on the web, and assumed it could be some
uncompatibility with the theme I was using (custom made), so I switched
back to the Human theme. Same results.
I finally solved the problem by going back to Windows (a great
sacrifice), selecting the whole original .doc document and changing the
language option to Spanish-Venezuela (my default), then saving the file
again.
Opening the document with OpenOffice Writer and exporting it to .odt
allowed me to work with it without crashing (and without having to ever
use Windows again, hopefully).
** Affects: openoffice.org2 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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OpenOffice Writer crashes opening converted Word document
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202738
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