Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-09 Thread Tom Davies
Are you suggesting that LO/OOo will not display images in a text box, but that is a valid MSO docx feature? It would appear so. Stupid or not, that is how people are creating documents I just tried google docs with my faulty .docx. Google .docx imports were quite good

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-09 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 9/05/11 8:54 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Are you suggesting that LO/OOo will not display images in a text box, but that is a valid MSO docx feature? It would appear so. Stupid or not, that is how people are creating documents I just tried google docs with my faulty .docx. Google

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-09 Thread Tom Davies
From: Steve Edmonds steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com To: users@libreoffice.org; tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Sent: Mon, 9 May, 2011 20:51:44 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read On 9/05/11 8:54 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Are you suggesting that LO/OOo

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-09 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2011-05-10 11:37, Tom Davies wrote: From: Steve Edmonds steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com To: users@libreoffice.org; tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Sent: Mon, 9 May, 2011 20:51:44 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read On 9/05/11 8:54 PM, Tom

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-09 Thread Matthew Young
On 05/09/2011 08:12 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: On 2011-05-10 11:37, Tom Davies wrote: From: Steve Edmondssteve.edmo...@ptglobal.com To: users@libreoffice.org; tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Sent: Mon, 9 May, 2011 20:51:44 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-09 Thread Manfred J. Krause
Hi, On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 04:48, Matthew Young wrote: On 05/09/2011 08:12 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: On 2011-05-10 11:37, Tom Davies wrote: On 9/05/11 8:54 PM, Tom Davies wrote: [...] [...] [...] Are you suggesting that LO/OOo will not display images in a text box, but that is a valid MSO

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 17:31, Joep L. Blom jlb...@neuroweave.nl wrote: Dotan, Thanks. I don't think it helps to add a me too to the claim of ubuntu which is not correct. I don't think it is a fault of ubuntu but of MS$ who tries to monopolize the office field. No matter who is at fault for

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-05 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 05/05/2011 08:08, Dotan Cohen wrote: No matter who is at fault for the document incompatibility issue, Ubuntu is wrong in claiming that they ship software which is fully compatible. You can see that a particular user is arguing that the claim is true, so it is important that users who can

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
I finally got the LO bugtracker to come up: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36862 On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 10:14, Gordon Burgess-Parker The problem is that this is a document-SPECIFIC issue, not a general docx bug. Both Windows and Linux versions of LO 3.3.2 WILL open docx files. I

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-05 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 05/05/2011 08:31, Dotan Cohen wrote: Are you suggesting that LO/OOo will not display images in a text box, but that is a valid MSO docx feature? It would appear so. Stupid or not, that is how people are creating documents I have to say it's the first time I've ever seen a document like

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-05 Thread Gianluca Turconi
Il 05/05/2011 9.14, Gordon Burgess-Parker ha scritto: This particular file is not readable by ANY version of OO or LO because of the silly way the creators made it. What they did was to create a huge text box and insert all the images inside that text box. WHY they would think of doing that

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-05 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 05/05/2011 08:35, Gianluca Turconi wrote: So should the user adapt his/her work behavior to the software? Not at all. But doing what they did is a REALLY strange and obscure way of creating such a document - there's no reason to do what they did at all. Unless it's not a document they

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-05 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 05/05/2011 08:31, Dotan Cohen wrote: Are you suggesting that LO/OOo will not display images in a text box, but that is a valid MSO docx feature? Just tried it with a document I created in Word 2007. Looks like this is bug in LO. It shows the text box but not the image in it.

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-05 Thread Tom Davies
in special boxes. Regards from Tom :) From: Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Thu, 5 May, 2011 8:48:56 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read On 05/05/2011 08:31, Dotan Cohen wrote: Are you suggesting that LO

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-05 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 05/05/2011 08:58, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) In LO 3.3.0, .3.31 3.3.2 images in docX seemed to work. Ordinary inserted images do - we are talking images inside a Text Box here which definitely do NOT work here in LO 3.3.2 -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-05 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 05/05/2011 08:58, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) In LO 3.3.0, .3.31 3.3.2 images in docX seemed to work. In fact I have created a docx document with an ordinary inserted picture and a picture inserted within a text box. On opening the file in LO the ordinary picture displays - the text box

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 10:48, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: On 05/05/2011 08:31, Dotan Cohen wrote: Are you suggesting that LO/OOo will not display images in a text box, but that is a valid MSO docx feature? Just tried it with a document I created in Word 2007. Looks like

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-05 Thread Tom Davies
:) From: Gianluca Turconi pub...@letturefantastiche.com To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Thu, 5 May, 2011 8:35:28 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read Il 05/05/2011 9.14, Gordon Burgess-Parker ha scritto: This particular file is not readable by ANY version of OO

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-05 Thread Tom Davies
To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Thu, 5 May, 2011 9:04:46 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read On 05/05/2011 08:58, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) In LO 3.3.0, .3.31 3.3.2 images in docX seemed to work. In fact I have created a docx document with an ordinary inserted picture

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-05 Thread Tom Davies
Tom :) From: Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Thu, 5 May, 2011 8:34:41 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read On 05/05/2011 08:31, Dotan Cohen wrote: Are you suggesting that LO/OOo will not display images

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-05 Thread TomW
On 2011-05-05 03:08, Dotan Cohen wrote: snip I was able to open and display the file only on office.live.com. No Linux-based software (LO, OOo, Abiword, Kword) could handle it. Here is the OOo bug, as the LO bugtracker is not working at the moment:

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-05 Thread timi
After all the rude comments made when I asked for Impress to be compatible with MS Powerpoint .ppt format I'm staggered at all the spluttering about the issue over .docx and images within text boxes. In MS word/powerpoint I use textboxes with an image dropped in because then I can skid it

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-05 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 05/05/2011 10:59, t...@iafrica.com wrote: In MS word/powerpoint I use textboxes with an image dropped in because then I can skid it about the page taking advantage of text formmating around the textbox. That's fine and is standard practice. What we are talking about here is a document that

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-05 Thread Joep L. Blom
On 05/05/11 11:57, TomW wrote: On 2011-05-05 03:08, Dotan Cohen wrote: snip I was able to open and display the file only on office.live.com. No Linux-based software (LO, OOo, Abiword, Kword) could handle it. Here is the OOo bug, as the LO bugtracker is not working at the moment:

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 16:52, Joep L. Blom jlb...@neuroweave.nl wrote: I'm impressed by all the comment on a not very important file. I don't know if the originators (my acquaintances) did what some thought namely putting all information within a text-box but I doubt it as they are not very

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-05 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 05/05/2011 14:52, Joep L. Blom wrote: I'm impressed by all the comment on a not very important file. I don't know if the originators (my acquaintances) did what some thought namely putting all information within a text-box but I doubt it as they are not very computer literate. Well that's

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-04 Thread planas
Hi On Wed, 2011-05-04 at 16:15 +1200, Steve Edmonds wrote: On 2011-05-04 02:53, Francis Dollarhyde wrote: I recently received a .docx file as an attachment. However, what I tried, LO wouldn't read it. It opened it but gave a blank page. The people who sent the file are complete

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-04 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
On 05/04/2011 02:03 AM, planas wrote: Hi On Wed, 2011-05-04 at 16:15 +1200, Steve Edmonds wrote: On 2011-05-04 02:53, Francis Dollarhyde wrote: I recently received a .docx file as an attachment. However, what I tried, LO wouldn't read it. It opened it but gave a blank page. The people who

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-04 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 15:24, Joep L. Blom jlb...@neuroweave.nl wrote: Tom, Thanks for your quick reply. Sorry, that I didn't mention my soft- and hardware. AMD Phenom II Ubuntu Lucif (10.4) LO  libreoffice-3.3.2.2. The file is not very confidential: an invitation for a party. I will mail it

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-04 Thread Joep L. Blom
On 04/05/11 12:51, Dotan Cohen wrote: On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 15:24, Joep L. Blomjlb...@neuroweave.nl wrote: Tom, Thanks for your quick reply. Sorry, that I didn't mention my soft- and hardware. AMD Phenom II Ubuntu Lucif (10.4) LO libreoffice-3.3.2.2. The file is not very confidential: an

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-03 Thread Francis Dollarhyde
I recently received a .docx file as an attachment. However, what I tried, LO wouldn't read it. It opened it but gave a blank page. The people who sent the file are complete computer illiterate who follow MS$ like slaves. I assume it is the latest Word or whatever MS$ uses as text application.

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-03 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2011-05-04 02:53, Francis Dollarhyde wrote: I recently received a .docx file as an attachment. However, what I tried, LO wouldn't read it. It opened it but gave a blank page. The people who sent the file are complete computer illiterate who follow MS$ like slaves. I assume it is the

[libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-02 Thread Joep L. Blom
I recently received a .docx file as an attachment. However, what I tried, LO wouldn't read it. It opened it but gave a blank page. The people who sent the file are complete computer illiterate who follow MS$ like slaves. I assume it is the latest Word or whatever MS$ uses as text application.

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-02 Thread Tom Davies
Subject: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read I recently received a .docx file as an attachment. However, what I tried, LO wouldn't read it. It opened it but gave a blank page. The people who sent the file are complete computer illiterate who follow MS$ like slaves. I assume it is the latest Word

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-02 Thread Joep L. Blom
On 02/05/11 12:51, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) DocX normally opens easily in LO and OOo (3.3.0 and after). Which OS; Windows, Ubuntu, other linux, Bsd or Mac? Regards from Tom :) Tom, Thanks for your quick reply. Sorry, that I didn't mention my soft- and hardware. AMD Phenom II Ubuntu Lucif

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-02 Thread Tom Davies
:) From: Joep L. Blom jlb...@neuroweave.nl To: users@libreoffice.org Cc: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Sent: Mon, 2 May, 2011 13:24:45 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read On 02/05/11 12:51, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) DocX normally opens easily in LO and OOo (3.3.0 and after

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-02 Thread Joep L. Blom
On 02/05/11 15:44, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Lol, our systems are identical! So much for trying it on something different just to see if that worked! I got a docX poster to put up on a website and asked the person to please re-send as a doc so that other people could read it. Their reply asked

Re: [libreoffice-users] .docx can't be read

2011-05-02 Thread Joep L. Blom
On 02/05/11 15:44, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Lol, our systems are identical! So much for trying it on something different just to see if that worked! I got a docX poster to put up on a website and asked the person to please re-send as a doc so that other people could read it. Their reply asked