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 >>of text boxes with text inside them. OOo3.1, and OOo3.0 before I >>upgraded, will open the document, but it loses *all* the formatting. >>Instead it forces all the text to the top of the page. >> >>As an example, I have placed the original, and a PDF output of what >>OOO3.1 does to it at http://www.davidpatrick.name/openoffice. Can >>anyone either tell me, or point me in the right direction for a >>solution to this problem? > > o Find a Windows box (or a friendly user whose system you can borrow). > o Install Microsoft's Word (freeware) Viewer. > o Install the Compatibility Pack for Office, which enables the > viewer to open .docx files. > o Open your .docx file in the viewer. > o Go to Edit | Select All and Edit | Copy. > o In OpenOffice, create a new Writer document and set the margins > appropriately. > o Go to Edit | Paste Special... (or Ctrl+Shift+V). > o In the Paste Special dialogue, select "GDI metafile". > > Unfortunately, I don't think there is a Word viewer for Mac. > > Converted copy under separate cover.
Why would one go to all that trouble to begin with? Have you actually tried this with this docx before posting/suggesting? First of all, the resulting OOo file is nothing more than doc with a pasted graphic/picture that can't be edited or changed. It would be better simply to export/print/save the Word file to PDF from Word 2007/x than to do as you suggest. However, before doing that be sure that you have the doc fonts installed on your WinXP system... otherwise the fonts in the docx will create problems as well - 'Unable to find or create the font 'BAAAAA+Calibri'. Some characters may not display or print correctly. Even printing to Adobe Acrobat 6 runs into font issues. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
