On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 09:55 -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 06:38 -0400, Richard Detwiler wrote: > > 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. > > > > I have opened http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=64850 > to address this serious regression. It seems that there are some files > that 2.0.2 will not open but 1.1.5 will.
Just a point of clarification here. I thoroughly tested Richard's document with 2.0.2 and the closest I came to replicating the problem was to put it on a Linux server with read-only permissions and open it on an XP client. The document opened fine, but froze the OOo window (not the OS). Otherwise, OOo 2.0.2 had no difficulty opening editing and saving the document in several formats. Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
