On 14/01/2008, Michael Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:24:46 -0800 > Jose Millan wrote: > > > I'm using OpenOffice at home, but sometimes I work at home and have > > Word 2007 docx sent to me as files. I can't open the docx files with > > OpenOffice. Can you help? > > > > Yes, get the originator of the email to resend the files in .DOC format. > They will have many issues with this, especially as .DOCX is not widely > supported (even by earlier versions of Microsoft Office). > > They are the victim of vendor lock-in. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vendor_lock-in > Don't let them make it your issue. > > OO.o 2.4.0 is expected to have some support for Microsofts proprietary > XML format.
That means, that the person sending you the documents should do one of the following: 1) Save in Word 2000/2003/XP format (that's what Michael suggested). 2) Install the ODF plugin for MS Office (better solution). 3) Export to a standard format such as PDF, HTML, or plain text. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
