2007/12/14, Mathias Bauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > James Knott wrote: > > > Manfred J. Krause wrote: > >> Hi James, *, > >> > >> 2007/12/9, James Knott wrote: > >> > >>> Does anyone have a Word document in the new DOXC format that I can > test > >>> with? It doesn't have to be anything special. Just some text from > >>> somewhere (such as this list), perhaps with a bit of formatting, saved > >>> as DOCX. [...] > >>> > >> > >> Please see -> > >> <http://odf-converter.sourceforge.net/test-docs/docx/optional/> > >> > >> > > > > I decided to try a couple of experiments to see if I could open the new > Word > > DOCX files. I tried two methods. One was Novell's version of OpenOffice, > as > > included (and updated) in OpenSUSE 10.3. The other was to use Word > > Viewer 2003 > > and Compatibility Pack on XP. The Compatibility Pack is required, to > > enable the > > Word Viewer to open DOCX files. Using Word Viewer, the documents I > obtained > > looked normal. However, in OpenOffice the formating was off (i.e. single > > line > > spacing instead of double) and things like tables or images didn't make > it, > > though the table text did. So, it appears Novell's support allows little > > more > > than text recovery and features such as images and tables are not > > supported. If > > they provided that using the published OOXML specs, then perhaps those > specs > > need more work. > > OOo will have a docx (and xlsx, pptx) import filter in OOo3.0 Beta in > April 2008. We (mainly Sun developers, here and there with some help > from some Novell developers) are still working on it and will continue > to do so. I assume that what we will have in our Beta will be quite > useful. > > I wouldn't waste my time with the current stopgag solutions. > > Ciao, > Mathias
Thanks for the information, Mathias ; now we have something to which to look forward ! Most of us, after all, are going to be receiving documents written in the docx format, whether we will or no.... Henri
