Hi :) Sounds like a bad install somewhere then. Can the problem one be reinstalled or updated? Perhaps from a different PPA? Which is the recommended PPA now?
I tend to use the Tools menu to set the default to always use ".doc" although now that MicroSquish Office 2007 & 2010 can open ".odt" it is less of an issue except for old Word users. Anyway, to change the defaults ... Tools - Options - Load/Save - General Then change the drop-down lists at the bottom by rolling up 1 or 2 places avoiding the "Template" options. So, "Text Document" = Word (98/2000/Xp) "Spreadsheet" = Excel (98/2000/Xp) "Presentation" = PowerPoint (98/2000/Xp) One better tactic, that would benefit us, is to use odt and when you email people your documents give them the LibreOffice download link http://www.libreoffice.org/download/ Does this page cleverly know which operating system you are using? Does it give the right download for your OS like Firefox & OpenOffice do? Many regards from Tom :) ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 19 January, 2011 17:07:36 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't save to .doc or .docx On 01/19/2011 11:54 AM, Olwe Melwasul wrote: > I can choose from the usual long list of formats, but when I choose .doc > (97/2000/XP) or .docx (2007) the Writer app hangs up. In my Gnome Ubuntu > 10.04 that means the app "goes gray" as if it's thinking hard, but it never > recovers. I kill Writer and restart, which gives me the recover option. All > is good with recovery. I try a .odt save and that works. Would like .doc > save, though.... > I just opened a ODT file and used the save as option. I choose the .doc file type and added the .doc extension to the file name. It worked for me. No graying out. I use the current version RC3 on Ubuntu 10.10 64-bit. >> Where is the problem? >> Can you read a message? Or is the problem in the dialog box? >> >> >> --- >> Have a nice day. >> >> Joachim (Germany) >> >> -- >> Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to >>[email protected]<users%[email protected]> >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ >> *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** >> >> -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
