Dave Barton wrote:
On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 17:27 -0700, Jan Kerns wrote:
I have been using OpenOffice.org for about a year now, and really like
the program.
Yesterday I tried to open a form document from the Oregon Water
Resources Dept. that was based on Word, version 6. Each time I tried,
it opened up with a blank screen, and my computer was frozen up. Is
Open Office compatabile with ver. 6? Do I need to be doing any
updates to the program?
If so, how do I do them?
Thanks for your help........Jan Kerns
Yes OOo can open and save Word 6 files. The current version of OOo is
2.0.2 (2.0.3 to be released shortly). If the document does not contain
any sensitive or private information, please fell free to email a copy
to me off-list (the list server removes attachments) and if I can open
it I will send it back in odf, sxw or any other format you wish.
Hope this helps.
Dave
For what it's worth, I've encountered s similar problem with two
specific Word files. When I try to open them up in OOo, they do not open
and the computer freezes. A co-worker who has Word printed one out to
show me. It is around 12 pages with a fair number of graphics. This file
size is around 3.5 MB. So it's not a trivial document, but it's also one
that OOo SHOULD be able to handle. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
The document is not confidential, if anyone would like to take a look at it.
Dick
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