I downloaded the Word Viewer and installed it. The site claimed it was platform independent but when I tried to open a DOCX document all I get is ASCI gibberish. I have Vista if that makes a difference.
Pat On Dec 9, 2007 6:32 PM, James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Giroux wrote: > > Here you go: > > > > On Dec 9, 2007 8:36 AM, James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. You can send it direct to my email address. > >> > >> tnx jk > >> > >> -- > >> Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> > > That also illustrates my point. While I can read the text, formatting, > such as the bullets disappears. Also, the words "Heading 1" and "Title" > are centered in OpenOffice and "Heading 1" also lost it's colour and > bold attributes. The multilevel list, which in Word Viewer shows > bullets, parentheses, etc., appears as shown below. > > List > First item > Second item > Numbered list > First item > Second item > Multi-level list > Second item > Sub item\ > Sub-sub item > Another > Back to sub items > Back to main list > > > So, it would appear that the Novell version of OpenOffice does a very > poor job of working with .DOCX files. > > When I get to work tomorrow, I'll have to try installing that > Compatibility Pack on my work computer, which has Office 2003 on it, > along with the Sun ODF plugin, to see how well it can convert from .DOCX > to .ODT. > > > -- > Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Pat Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pabrown.ca/ L.A. Heat, the first Chris and David mystery "This is the best gay mystery I have read in years" - Mark Richard Zubro
