[users] Re: .docx documents do not import in OOo3.1 on OSX 10.5.7

2009-05-18 Thread NoOp
On 05/16/2009 04:47 PM, Web Kracked wrote: Here is the question I would ask NoOp; If you HAD to get the information from the file for your work or any other must-see reason, What would you go through to be able to read that document? I'd try a few tools that I have at my disposal,

Re: [users] Re: .docx documents do not import in OOo3.1 on OSX 10.5.7

2009-05-18 Thread M. Fioretti
On Mon, May 18, 2009 19:11:18 PM -0700, NoOp wrote: BTW: you might want to *read* Marco Fioretti's post. While I think that Marco sometimes takes his articles a little too far in his insistence of users toeing the digital freedom line (sorry Marco), please have a look at the two paragraphs

[users] Re: .docx documents do not import in OOo3.1 on OSX 10.5.7

2009-05-16 Thread NoOp
On 05/15/2009 08:03 PM, Brian Barker wrote: I am aware that my suggestion did not answer the larger question How do I open all .docx files for editing in Writer? And I'm happy that the enquirer will read your (and others') comments too, of course; I imagine he can make his own decisions

Re: [users] Re: .docx documents do not import in OOo3.1 on OSX 10.5.7

2009-05-16 Thread Web Kracked
NoOp wrote: On 05/15/2009 08:03 PM, Brian Barker wrote: I am aware that my suggestion did not answer the larger question How do I open all .docx files for editing in Writer? And I'm happy that the enquirer will read your (and others') comments too, of course; I imagine he can make his own

Re: [users] Re: .docx documents do not import in OOo3.1 on OSX 10.5.7

2009-05-16 Thread Brian Barker
At 16:09 16/05/2009 -0700, Gary Noop wrote: My apologies. Oh, absolutely none necessary! (Sorry if I gave any different impression.) My response wasn't intended to deem your contribution useless. Indeed. But I still insist that the enquirer - or anyone else - is entitled to think so if

[users] Re: .docx documents do not import in OOo3.1 on OSX 10.5.7

2009-05-16 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2009/05/15 3:07 PM David Patrick wrote: I have tried searching the various sources of information but with little success. I am having trouble opening .docx documents that have been emailed to me. These documents have consisted of a series of text boxes with text inside them. OOo3.1,

[users] Re: .docx documents do not import in OOo3.1 on OSX 10.5.7

2009-05-15 Thread NoOp
On 05/15/2009 02:07 PM, David Patrick wrote: I have tried searching the various sources of information but with little success. I am having trouble opening .docx documents that have been emailed to me. These documents have consisted of a series of text boxes with text inside them.

[users] Re: .docx documents do not import in OOo3.1 on OSX 10.5.7

2009-05-15 Thread NoOp
On 05/15/2009 05:34 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 22:07 15/05/2009 +0100, David Patrick wrote: I have tried searching the various sources of information but with little success. I am having trouble opening .docx documents that have been emailed to me. These documents have consisted of a series

[users] Re: docx files, unicode glyphs in OOo 2.4.1 on Hardy

2008-07-23 Thread NoOp
On 07/21/2008 04:51 AM, M Henri Day wrote: This last couple of months, I've found to my surprise that I've been able to open docx files sent to me as email attachments directly in OOo 2.4.1 by simply clicking on the attachment and opening it in Writer (my default setting). My understanding had

[users] Re: docx

2008-06-12 Thread Andrew Ziem
Tony Venn wrote: I work on MAC with OSX, and I have a full commercial working version of the Office programs. People keep sending CVs and documents to me in DOCX format - how do i open or convert these into normal word documents? The canonical answer:

[users] Re: docx

2008-06-10 Thread Gordon
Wade Smart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tony Venn wrote: I work on MAC with OSX, and I have a full commercial working version of the Office programs. People keep sending CVs and documents to me in DOCX format - how do i open or convert these into normal word

[users] Re: docx

2008-06-10 Thread Gordon
James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tony Venn wrote: I work on MAC with OSX, and I have a full commercial working version of the Office programs. People keep sending CVs and documents to me in DOCX format - how do i open or convert these into normal word

[users] Re: docx

2008-06-10 Thread NoOp
On 06/10/2008 04:39 AM, James Knott wrote: Tony Venn wrote: I work on MAC with OSX, and I have a full commercial working version of the Office programs. People keep sending CVs and documents to me in DOCX format - how do i open or convert these into normal word documents? At the moment

Re: [users] Re: docx

2008-06-10 Thread Michael Adams
On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:38:49 +0100 Gordon wrote: Wade Smart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tony Venn wrote: I work on MAC with OSX, and I have a full commercial working version of the Office programs. People keep sending CVs and documents to me in DOCX

[users] Re: docx

2008-06-10 Thread Larry Gusaas
NoOp, 2008/06/10 1:49 PM: I know that the linux Windows versions install without disrupting the existing OOo installs; does anyone know if this is true for the MAC version as well? It's true for Mac's (only the M is capitalized) as well.

Re: [users] Re: docx

2008-06-10 Thread James Knott
NoOp wrote: On 06/10/2008 04:39 AM, James Knott wrote: Tony Venn wrote: I work on MAC with OSX, and I have a full commercial working version of the Office programs. People keep sending CVs and documents to me in DOCX format - how do i open or convert these into normal word documents?

[users] Re: docx

2008-06-10 Thread Jim Allan
James Knott wrote: If you go back and reread my message, it said to request ODF files first and then .DOC as secondary. The idea is to get people to stop thinking Microsoft formats are the only way to go. Simply reject anything that comes as .DOCX with a note explaining what's required and

Re: [users] Re: docx

2008-06-10 Thread James Knott
Jim Allan wrote: James Knott wrote: If you go back and reread my message, it said to request ODF files first and then .DOC as secondary. The idea is to get people to stop thinking Microsoft formats are the only way to go. Simply reject anything that comes as .DOCX with a note explaining

[users] Re: docx

2008-06-10 Thread NoOp
On 06/10/2008 02:51 PM, James Knott wrote: Jim Allan wrote: James Knott wrote: If you go back and reread my message, it said to request ODF files first and then .DOC as secondary. The idea is to get people to stop thinking Microsoft formats are the only way to go. Simply reject

[users] Re: docx

2008-06-10 Thread Larry Gusaas
NoOp, 2008/06/10 4:14 PM: 2. M17 give the OP the opportunity to have a look at what OOo 3.0 will look like come September. And given the fact the current dev versions do not mess with the existing OOo installs (Mac verified by Larry Gusaas - thanks Larry) and the OP can run them side-by-side,

[users] Re: docx

2008-06-10 Thread NoOp
On 06/10/2008 03:43 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote: NoOp, 2008/06/10 4:14 PM: 2. M17 give the OP the opportunity to have a look at what OOo 3.0 will look like come September. And given the fact the current dev versions do not mess with the existing OOo installs (Mac verified by Larry Gusaas - thanks

Re: [users] Re: docx

2008-06-06 Thread Michael Adams
On Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:39:18 -0700 jonathon wrote: it isn't really that bad ... so it becomes a non-issue. Stylist also has some significant differences. Ideally, I'd have all three major variants installed on the same computer, for the same OS. You know, i was about to answer the OP

Re: [users] Re: docx

2008-06-06 Thread Harold Fuchs
2008/6/6 Michael Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED]: snip You know, i was about to answer the OP then discounted the original post as some sort of troll, given that it was talking about version 2.4.1 which doesn't exist. snip Errrm. http://www.filehippo.com/download_openoffice/ It is RC2 and the OP

Re: [users] Re: docx

2008-06-06 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:38:10 +1200 Michael Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Michael, as some sort of troll, given that it was talking about version 2.4.1 which doesn't exist. People frequently get version strings wrong, so I treated it as a mistake. Debian packages, for example, would

[users] Re: docx

2008-06-05 Thread Gordon
Hex1a4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] In the time of Tue, 27 May 2008 11:33:22 +0200, thus spoke Jonathan Kaye: Version 2.4 of Openoffice cannot open .docx files. Huh?! I have version 2.4.1 and I can read and write docx documents just fine. Although it may be some

Re: [users] Re: docx

2008-06-05 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 09:06:22 +0100 Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Gordon, I think you must have a plugin - AFAIAA the only version to open docx files natively is Beta 3. I seem to recall reading on this very list that 2.4 had limited .docx capabilities. -- Regards _ /

Re: [users] Re: docx

2008-06-05 Thread Drew Jensen
Brad Rogers wrote: On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 09:06:22 +0100 Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Gordon, I think you must have a plugin - AFAIAA the only version to open docx files natively is Beta 3. I seem to recall reading on this very list that 2.4 had limited .docx capabilities. Not

Re: [users] Re: docx

2008-06-05 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:52:38 -0400 Drew Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Drew, Not all OpenOffice.org 2.4s are created equal. {explanations snipped} I was pretty sure I'd read it, but I don't recall any distinctions being made WRT variants. Thanks for clearing that up, Drew. --

Re: [users] Re: docx

2008-06-05 Thread James Knott
Brad Rogers wrote: On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 09:06:22 +0100 Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Gordon, I think you must have a plugin - AFAIAA the only version to open docx files natively is Beta 3. I seem to recall reading on this very list that 2.4 had limited .docx capabilities.

Re: [users] Re: docx

2008-06-05 Thread Drew Jensen
jonathon wrote: On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 2:01 AM, Brad Rogers wrote: Not all OpenOffice.org 2.4s are created equal. I was pretty sure I'd read it, but I don't recall any distinctions being made WRT variants. Things are almost at the point where one has to specify which OOo variant one is

[users] Re: docx

2008-06-04 Thread Hex1a4
In the time of Tue, 27 May 2008 11:33:22 +0200, thus spoke Jonathan Kaye: Version 2.4 of Openoffice cannot open .docx files. Huh?! I have version 2.4.1 and I can read and write docx documents just fine. Although it may be some plug-in I have and don't know about, but I searched my operating

[users] Re: docx

2008-05-28 Thread Andrew Ziem
Armando Silva wrote: Please help me! I had installed the openoffice 2.4 PT in my computer, but i can't open docx documents. It's posible open this hind of documents with the 2.4 PT version. Thank's and sorry because my bad english.

[users] Re: docx

2008-05-28 Thread NoOp
On 05/25/2008 06:59 AM, Armando Silva wrote: Please help me! I had installed the openoffice 2.4 PT in my computer, but i can't open docx documents. It's posible open this hind of documents with the 2.4 PT version. Thank's and sorry because my bad english. Version 3.0 Beta will open

Re: [users] Re: DOCX documents

2007-12-09 Thread Pat Brown
The 9 double spaced pages would be correct. Is Word Viewer something I can download? Pat On Dec 9, 2007 11:16 AM, James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pat Brown wrote: Hi James, I got this. I had the sender convert it to an older Word document format, but I'd love to know how to

[users] Re: DOCX documents

2007-12-09 Thread James Knott
Pat Brown wrote: Hi James, I got this. I had the sender convert it to an older Word document format, but I'd love to know how to convert a DOCX document myself. This is the first chapter of a novel I'm writing. I opened it in both Novell's version of OpenOffice on OpenSUSE 10.3 and also on

Re: [users] Re: DOCX documents

2007-12-09 Thread James Knott
Pat Brown wrote: The 9 double spaced pages would be correct. Is Word Viewer something I can download? To open DOCX files, you need both the Word Viewer 2003 and Compatibility Pack, which are available from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891090. The Compatibility Pack will also update

[users] Re: DOCX file

2007-12-09 Thread NoOp
On 12/09/2007 03:32 PM, James Knott wrote: Michael Giroux wrote: Here you go: On Dec 9, 2007 8:36 AM, James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have a Word document in the new DOXC format that I can test with? It doesn't have to be anything special. Just some text from