On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:46:20 -0700 NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/12/2007 08:25 PM, Keith Bates wrote: > > > > > Thanks Mark. It worked. > > > > Then "all" I had to do was delete spurious line breaks, spaces and > > tabs to recover the text... what a mess! > > > > > > The alternative is that you can ask someone else on the list to > convert for you. Not a good situation if the doc contains any > sensitive info, but if not I'm sure that some here could/can assist. > > Then again, others suggested that you contact the sender and request > that he/she simply save as a standard .doc file and resend to you. Did > you make this request, *and if so what was the result*?
If you followed the thread from the beginning, I did make that request and also explained to them why it is an issue- in particular the person who sent me the document networks with many people including people in developing countries who cannot afford to be on the "upgrade" treadmill. I also recommended OOo, giving him the web-site address. I also suggested a hierarchy of preferred formats for files, including rtf and pdf. The person involved has not yet re-sent the document but he will eventually. > > Afterall, the sender will experience problems sending the same .docx > to normal MS Office users that do not have MSO 2007 and/or MSO 2007 > conversion patches or software. For the time being wouldn't it just be > better just to have the sender realise that what they are sending > isn't compatible with anyone but MSO 2007 users? > > Apparently you don't mind jumping through hoops to accomodate the > .docx file sender (you are on day 2 of trying to figure out how to > read this senders file and are also including time spent by this lists > users)... isn't your (and the list users') time a little more valuable > than spending 2 days trying to figure out how to decode the file for > you? It's called a learning experience.Besides, I did not spend 2 whole days sitting in front of my computer trying to figure the problem out. I have a life. > > It's already a known fact that .docx is not currently handled in OOo. > So contact the sender, ask them to resend to you in a valid format, & > stop wasting your, and the lists, time figuring out the file. > Actually it's not wasting anybody's time as I knew what I needed to do. I tried at least two web based conversion tools which failed. I also tried a tool produced by Novell as a plug-in for their version of OOo but which does not seem always to work in other flavours of linux... at least it didn't work for me. My question at the beginning was a reasonable question because you just don't know what macros or plug-ins may be available, possibly produced by a list member and not yet published on the net. My only other "waste" of list member's time was a request for help with Regular Expressions. And since other OOo users are going to have to deal with MS's stupid file formats, no it isn't a waste of time documenting some approaches to dealing with it. -- God bless you, Keith Bates 4 Mooloobar St Narrabri NSW 2390 Phone: 02 67924890 Fax: 02 67925418 www.new-life.org.au If you don't have a reason to live JESUS IS THE ANSWER! Ask him into your life today... He really does make a difference. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
