On Wednesday 28 November 2007 12:04, web kracked wrote: > There is some question about whether or not OpenOffice.org 2.x can > work with the "docx" format. > > You currently need an extention or add-on to do the read/write of .docx > file formats. OpenOffice.org 3.0 should have it as a native function, but > for now, you need to follow the links below. > > I know it works, since I have that option in my Save As file format option. > > quote from the Novell web page: > The OpenXML Translator provides support for opening and saving > Microsoft* OpenXML-formatted word processing documents (.docx) in > OpenOffice.org. unquote: > > Here is the link, for the Novell ODFconverter > http://download.novell.com/SummaryFree.jsp?buildid=ESrjfdE4U58%7E > > Reading this article may help. This was listed last week, I think, here > with some discussion about the .docx compatibility. > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/FAQ/General#How_do_I >_open_Microsoft_Office_2007_files.3F > > Also the second link shows that Microsoft has a format extention that > allows previous versions of Word to read/write .docx. > > Also try this link. > http://sourceforge.net/projects/odf-converter > This one has info about Excel and Powerpoint converters. I've been using the Novell converter for a while now and have had no problem using it on my SUSE 10.2 installation, have tested on my 10.3 yet. I have sent and received .docx documents to vista users. OOo 2.3 with Novel converter work fine. -- Russ Linux register user 441463
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