your msword docs DO NOT BECOME OO.o FILES!! They only open with OO.o by default.
On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 15:17:41 -0800, JoanArc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I unscribed week ago, but re-subscribe. I am having the same trouble > with opening documents originally created in WORD 2000. This is the > same trouble I had with a few of them before. Some open OK, others do not, > > I can open up some of the > previously> written to MS WORD docs...(with a little hesitation) > > but the one I first had trouble with continues to not open and elicits one > > of those ERROR REPORT windows which I have completed and sent out 6 > times, > > > About 4 of my MS WORD 2000 docs weren't taken over by OOo 1.1.4 (why, I > > don't know) and I could open them, and they are .doc > > files. All my others I opened have the .org extension. > > My WORD documents became OpenOffice.org files when I installed OO 1.1.4 > . > I often add to my former WORD documents from web pages. But after > successfully > opening a number of them, I cannot open others . There is a long pause before > finally get a gray page > with no text page within it- just a blue band at top ith the file name on it > and > the three little boxes on right _ | | X. It is frozen so I > couldn't close the file. > A SUN window comes on, saying ERROR REPORT which I SEND and > tell what program I was in and what happened. > Afterward a smaller box appeared saying "An unrecoverable error has > occurred. All modified files have been saved and can probably be recovered > at program > restart" > > I tied opening same file afterwards, same thing happend. Then > I tried holding down SHIFT, and clicking on "OPEN WITH" OpenOffice, but > that again resulted > ERROR REPORT. I even went to the Program in the Start Menu and tried opening > with OOo and same problem. > Sometimes I am able to OPEN WITH MS WORD and all goes well. Sometimes I get > the same > ERROR REPORT....I sent out 7 last night and 2 today. > > I don't understand why some will open and some not, since they were all > created in MS WORD originally > > Any help will be appreciated....it is time consuming using > this program if I have to open in so many > different ways, then hope that the file isn't corrupted and won't open with > OOo again. Does this mean I may > have a corrupted download, even though it often works OK? > > Thanks, > Joan > > -- -the infamous me --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
