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From: "Twayne" on 27 Jan 2008 12:25
Warning: Top posted to comply with what already has been started:

Hi Peter,

I'll make a note to submit an issue but I'm waiting first to see
some sort of acceptance/refusal of an issue I already submitted: I had
to send a couple of files directly instead of attached as usual to the
Issue (file size) and I'm waiting to see that they were accepted before
I do anything else.
I'm a newbie to OOo and submitting issues so it's just an attempt at
making sure things go right before I create more than one "mess"<g>.
Oh, and yes I had chosen the Word filter. Being a newbie I'm also
trying to make certain it isn't just plain old cockpit error.

Thanks much,

Twayne


> Hi Twayne,
>
> I assume you already tried to explicitly choose the MS Word filter
> when opening the file. Right? Different to MS Office comes as one
> single application. Consequently it needs to a filter detection to
> determine the appropriate application to open the document. This
> sometimes fails. Most of the time due to a defective document. You
> should submit an issue an provide a link where to download the
> document.
>
> Excuse the bottom quote. This is written with a mobile phone.
>
> Best regards from Beijing traffic jam
> Peter
>
>
> -- Urspr�ngl. Mitteil. --
> Betreff: [discuss] Sanity Check DOC opens in Calc
> Von: "Twayne" <tom(a)twaynesdomain.com>
> Datum: 25.01.2008 00:29
>
> Hi,
>
> Just wondering if this is standard operating procedure and if so how
> to
> tell when it's going to happen:
>
> I have an MS Word 2002 created, 68 Meg file, actually a User Manual,
> comprised of images, text and tables with text (not images), toc and
> index.
>
> I can not get OOo to open it in Text mode. Ooo insists on opening it
> in
> Calc instead, which of course makes the file conversion useless.
>
> I can copy/paste from one document to the other, but all I get for the
> images are placeholders with a path to the image in them. I can't
> make
> it show the images.
>
> Am I missing something simple here?
>
> Thanks in Advance,
>
> Twayne
>
>
>
>
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From: Mathias Bauer on 31 Jan 2008 11:23
Hi Twayne,

Twayne wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Just wondering if this is standard operating procedure and if so how to
> tell when it's going to happen:
>
> I have an MS Word 2002 created, 68 Meg file, actually a User Manual,
> comprised of images, text and tables with text (not images), toc and
> index.
>
> I can not get OOo to open it in Text mode. Ooo insists on opening it in
> Calc instead, which of course makes the file conversion useless.
>
> I can copy/paste from one document to the other, but all I get for the
> images are placeholders with a path to the image in them. I can't make
> it show the images.
>
> Am I missing something simple here?


I can't believe that in a properly installed version of OpenOffice.org
that contains the OOo Writer module a file that indeed is a proper Word
file is not detected as such by OOo. So either your installation is
somewhat damaged, the file has an extension that is registered to OOo
Calc in you system or the file is not a Word file. Or some Gremlins have
taken over you computer. :-)

Ciao,
Mathias

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From: Richard/g on 31 Jan 2008 15:48
On Jueves 24 Enero 2008, Twayne wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just wondering if this is standard operating procedure
and if so how to
> tell when it's going to happen:
>
> I have an MS Word 2002 created, 68 Meg file, actually a
User Manual,
> comprised of images, text and tables with text (not
images), toc and
> index.
>
> I can not get OOo to open it in Text mode. Ooo insists
on opening it in
> Calc instead, which of course makes the file conversion
useless.
>
> I can copy/paste from one document to the other, but
all I get for the
> images are placeholders with a path to the image in
them. I can't make
> it show the images.
>
> Am I missing something simple here?
>
> Thanks in Advance,
>
> Twayne

Sounds like a problem with the configuration of either
OOo or Windows.

Simplest first, would be to remove and reinstall OOo.
If that doesn't help..., there are ways to fix other
configurations but without knowing or finding what is
misconfigured, I usually just end up reinstalling
Windows.

saludos,
Richard.

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From: "Twayne" on 2 Feb 2008 10:25
> Hi Twayne,
>
> Twayne wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Just wondering if this is standard operating procedure and if so how
>> to tell when it's going to happen:
>>
>> I have an MS Word 2002 created, 68 Meg file, actually a User Manual,
>> comprised of images, text and tables with text (not images), toc and
>> index.
>>
>> I can not get OOo to open it in Text mode. Ooo insists on opening
>> it in Calc instead, which of course makes the file conversion
>> useless.
>>
>> I can copy/paste from one document to the other, but all I get for
>> the images are placeholders with a path to the image in them. I
>> can't make it show the images.
>>
>> Am I missing something simple here?
>
>
> I can't believe that in a properly installed version of OpenOffice.org
> that contains the OOo Writer module a file that indeed is a proper
> Word file is not detected as such by OOo. So either your installation
> is somewhat damaged, the file has an extension that is registered to
> OOo Calc in you system or the file is not a Word file. Or some
> Gremlins have taken over you computer. :-)
>
> Ciao,
> Mathias

I have a tendency to agree with you but can't find anything yet. I'm
assuming it has to be some sort of .doc file corruption at the moment
and going to attack it that way. Have run Norton AV and AVG, Adaware,
Spybot S&D, SpywareGuard, Windows Defender and have WinPatrol, NAT fw,
ZA SW firewall running; all updated, nothing found.

If you look back thru the posts though you'll note some plausible
reasons for what's going on. I'm just trying to see for certain now;
it's the principle of the thing now!

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From: "Twayne" on 2 Feb 2008 10:30
> On Jueves 24 Enero 2008, Twayne wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Just wondering if this is standard operating procedure and if so how
>> to tell when it's going to happen:
>>
>> I have an MS Word 2002 created, 68 Meg file, actually a User Manual,
>> comprised of images, text and tables with text (not images), toc and
>> index.
>>
>> I can not get OOo to open it in Text mode. Ooo insists on opening
>> it in Calc instead, which of course makes the file conversion
>> useless.
>>
>> I can copy/paste from one document to the other, but all I get for
>> the images are placeholders with a path to the image in them. I
>> can't make it show the images.
>>
>> Am I missing something simple here?
>>
>> Thanks in Advance,
>>
>> Twayne
>
> Sounds like a problem with the configuration of either
> OOo or Windows.

Possible I suppose but I think not very likely; all ts'ing OK that way.

>
> Simplest first, would be to remove and reinstall OOo.

Already done.

> If that doesn't help..., there are ways to fix other
> configurations but without knowing or finding what is
> misconfigured, I usually just end up reinstalling
> Windows.

No, that's about 99% sure to result in the same symptoms. I tried an
old image but manual reinstalls are seldom if ever necessary, especially
after only an OOo reinstall has been recommended. Too manyother things
are possible - the idea is to know why, so next time it's a manageable
situation.

>
> saludos,
> Richard.



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