On Fri, 16 Oct 2015 14:47:15 +0200, Eric Bradshaw
<ericbrads...@computers4christians.org> wrote:
?Greetings all!
I am having trouble opening Word documents (specifically Word 2007
.docx?).
After saving to "Downloads" and right clicking "open with", several
options
come up (including "document.XML" , none of which are able to open it.
Also, after opening Abiword and trying to access the document there, I
cannot open it.
The only way I can open these docs is by hovering over it in the Gmail
attachment and choosing "Google Docs" which then opens a new window in
Firefox, from where I can then view, and print, the document.
But I would appreciate being able to also open them in Abiword.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Steve
Steve - I agree with the previous posters in that LibreOffice is more
compatible with Microsoft Word and if you'll be receiving Microsoft Word
documents with any frequency, I also advise that you install LibreOffice
.
If you expect to be *exchanging* documents with Microsoft Office users,
once you've downloaded and installed LibreOffice; go to Tools -->
Options --> Load/Save and check the settings for Default File Format and
ODF Settings. For example; you may want to save the Document Type Text
document as Microsoft Word 2007-2013 XML by default. This would save you
from having to choose such a selection every time. You also may want to
turn off the Warning when not saving in ODF file format.
The next setting down is VBA Properties and if you've done the above,
I'd advise checking all these. After that is Microsoft Office settings -
check all these (except for SmartArt - I don't believe that one works)
as well. And one more - under the LibreOffice Writer section, the Basic
Fonts (Western) should probably be one of the Microsoft Office "base"
fonts; Andale Mono, Arial, Arial Black, Comic Sans MS, Georgia, Impact,
Tahoma, Times New Roman, Trebuchet, or Verdana (Times New Roman is by
far the most used).
If you don't have these fonts available, go to Menu --> Accessories -->
LXTerminal
Type (or copy and paste):
sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer[Enter]
You will be required to agree to the Microsoft EULA. [Tab] to <OK> then
[Enter]. [Left Arrow] to <Yes> then [Enter].
Eric
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