File won't open
I've just received an attachment consisting of an important legal document as a .docx file. I downloaded Apache 4.0.1 and it won't open the file. (Neither will Textmaker 2012 or WordPerfect 6.) Since this is a personal file, I can't send it to you, but do you have any comment? (It comes from a law office, and they are NOT going to switch to OpenOffice!) --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M.Greeley - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: File won't open
On 10/1/2013 5:16 PM, Doug wrote: I've just received an attachment consisting of an important legal document as a .docx file. I downloaded Apache 4.0.1 and it won't open the file. (Neither will Textmaker 2012 or WordPerfect 6.) Since this is a personal file, I can't send it to you, but do you have any comment? (It comes from a law office, and they are NOT going to switch to OpenOffice!) --doug Is there any particular error that comes up? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: File won't open
On 10/01/2013 07:14 PM, John Meyer wrote: On 10/1/2013 5:16 PM, Doug wrote: I've just received an attachment consisting of an important legal document as a .docx file. I downloaded Apache 4.0.1 and it won't open the file. (Neither will Textmaker 2012 or WordPerfect 6.) Since this is a personal file, I can't send it to you, but do you have any comment? (It comes from a law office, and they are NOT going to switch to OpenOffice!) --doug Is there any particular error that comes up? -- No, nothing comes up. Just an empty page. -- Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A. M. Greeley - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: File won't open
On 10/01/2013 07:16 PM, Doug wrote: I've just received an attachment consisting of an important legal document as a .docx file. I downloaded Apache 4.0.1 and it won't open the file. (Neither will Textmaker 2012 or WordPerfect 6.) Since this is a personal file, I can't send it to you, but do you have any comment? (It comes from a law office, and they are NOT going to switch to OpenOffice!) --doug So you cannot share the file with some member, that limits things a bit... but it turns out that Microsoft is very good at copying what others have done and they use the same container as an ODF file; a zip container. Save your fail as say x.zip and then see if you can look at x.zip using your favorite zip viewer. If you cannot, then it is not a DOCX file (or it is damaged). -- Andrew Pitonyak My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: File won't open
Doug wrote: I've just received an attachment consisting of an important legal document as a .docx file. I downloaded Apache 4.0.1 and it won't open the file. (Neither will Textmaker 2012 or WordPerfect 6.) Since this is a personal file, I can't send it to you, but do you have any comment? (It comes from a law office, and they are NOT going to switch to OpenOffice!) --doug Do you have to change the file? Or just read it? One thing I do on Windows computers is install the free Word viewer, so DOC DOCX can be viewed in a Microsoft product. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: File won't open
On 10/01/2013 09:25 PM, James Knott wrote: Doug wrote: I've just received an attachment consisting of an important legal document as a .docx file. I downloaded Apache 4.0.1 and it won't open the file. (Neither will Textmaker 2012 or WordPerfect 6.) Since this is a personal file, I can't send it to you, but do you have any comment? (It comes from a law office, and they are NOT going to switch to OpenOffice!) --doug Do you have to change the file? Or just read it? One thing I do on Windows computers is install the free Word viewer, so DOC DOCX can be viewed in a Microsoft product. Don't know what's going on, but I just read a couple of the documents in Writer 4.0.0. They came out perfectly. Just retried with 4.0.1 and it also opened the file. (Two different machines.) So call off the dogs, everything seems to be working, now. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A. M. Greeley - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
