Re: [discuss] Re: OOo fails to open a DOCX file with nested tables!

2010-03-23 Thread Robin Laing
On 03/19/2010 02:04 PM, Michael Adams wrote: On Saturday 20 March 2010 03:20, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 17/03/2010 19:26, PJH wrote: I looked at that website and I was right. However, that is not practical when there are large numbers of Office 2007 installed. Office 2007 Service Pack

[discuss] Re: OOo fails to open a DOCX file with nested tables!

2010-03-23 Thread PJH
jonathon has written on 3/17/2010 4:11 PM: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 PJH wrote: Doesn't Office 2007 produce Office 2007-compatible files? Just like all of its earlier versions, MSO2k7 is incompatible with MSO2k7. I have no idea what you mean. -- Pete Holsberg

Re: [discuss] Re: OOo fails to open a DOCX file with nested tables!

2010-03-19 Thread Michael Adams
On Thursday 18 March 2010 08:26, PJH wrote: PJH has written on 3/17/2010 3:23 PM: You're saying that the person with Office 2007 should install an ODF plugin? I looked at that website and I was right. However, that is not practical when there are large numbers of Office 2007 installed.

Re: [discuss] Re: OOo fails to open a DOCX file with nested tables!

2010-03-19 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 17/03/2010 19:26, PJH wrote: I looked at that website and I was right. However, that is not practical when there are large numbers of Office 2007 installed. Office 2007 Service Pack 2 includes the (broken) MS support for odf so you don't have to install anything in 2007.

Re: [discuss] Re: OOo fails to open a DOCX file with nested tables!

2010-03-19 Thread Michael Adams
On Saturday 20 March 2010 03:20, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 17/03/2010 19:26, PJH wrote: I looked at that website and I was right. However, that is not practical when there are large numbers of Office 2007 installed. Office 2007 Service Pack 2 includes the (broken) MS support for

Re: [discuss] Re: OOo fails to open a DOCX file with nested tables! -- correction

2010-03-18 Thread Lars Nooden
On 2010-3-17 10:55 PM, Robert A Williams wrote: For information only, Microsoft Office 2007can open a DOCX, and can re-save it as .doc and other Microsft formats, and if Service pack 2 is installed it can also open and save in Open Document format. No. That remains not true. MSO SP2 cannot

Re: [discuss] Re: OOo fails to open a DOCX file with nested tables!

2010-03-18 Thread Clarke Rice
On 18 Mar 2010 at 7:55, Robert A Williams wrote: For information only, Microsoft Office 2007can open a DOCX, and can re-save it as .doc and other Microsft formats, and if Service pack 2 is installed it can also open and save in Open Document format. For further information, the 'docx' of

[discuss] Re: OOo fails to open a DOCX file with nested tables!

2010-03-17 Thread PJH
Lars Nooden has written on 3/17/2010 6:09 AM: On 2010-3-16 9:40 PM, PJH wrote: I had a friend with Office 2007 take that file and save it as Office 2003 and OOo has no problem with that. The quick work-around is to have them install the ODF plugin:

[discuss] Re: OOo fails to open a DOCX file with nested tables!

2010-03-17 Thread PJH
PJH has written on 3/17/2010 3:23 PM: Lars Nooden has written on 3/17/2010 6:09 AM: On 2010-3-16 9:40 PM, PJH wrote: I had a friend with Office 2007 take that file and save it as Office 2003 and OOo has no problem with that. The quick work-around is to have them install the ODF plugin:

Re: [discuss] Re: OOo fails to open a DOCX file with nested tables!

2010-03-17 Thread Lars Nooden
http://www.sun.com/software/star/odf_plugin/ That helps mitigate the DOCX problem closer to the source. You're saying that the person with Office 2007 should install an ODF plugin? Yes. That's the fastest work around until they can arrange to upgrade to a better suite. Follow the link

Re: [discuss] Re: OOo fails to open a DOCX file with nested tables!

2010-03-17 Thread jonathon
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 PJH wrote: I don't see any motivation for a dyed-in-the-wool MS user to want to use ODF, do you? If the MSO2k7 users don't object to using a file format that is incompatible with MSO2k7, there is no reason to migrate to ODF. If, OTOH, their

[discuss] Re: OOo fails to open a DOCX file with nested tables!

2010-03-17 Thread PJH
jonathon has written on 3/17/2010 3:44 PM: PJH wrote: I don't see any motivation for a dyed-in-the-wool MS user to want to use ODF, do you? If the MSO2k7 users don't object to using a file format that is incompatible with MSO2k7, there is no reason to migrate to ODF. I don't follow you.

Re: [discuss] Re: OOo fails to open a DOCX file with nested tables!

2010-03-17 Thread jonathon
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 PJH wrote: Doesn't Office 2007 produce Office 2007-compatible files? Just like all of its earlier versions, MSO2k7 is incompatible with MSO2k7. jonathon - -- Non-list email sent to this email address is forwarded to Dave Null, unread. -BEGIN

RE: [discuss] Re: OOo fails to open a DOCX file with nested tables!

2010-03-17 Thread Robert A Williams
For information only, Microsoft Office 2007can open a DOCX, and can re-save it as .doc and other Microsft formats, and if Service pack 2 is installed it can also open and save in Open Document format. Robert A Williams -Original Message- From: PJH [mailto:pj...@pobox.com] Sent:

Re: [discuss] Re: OOo fails to open a DOCX file with nested tables!

2010-03-17 Thread Paul Douglas Franklin
Since the OP was prompted by someone sending him a .docx that wouldn't open in Ooo, then I think the appropriate response would be to supply him with a .docx that won't open in MSO2k7. --Paul jonathon wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 PJH wrote: Doesn't Office 2007