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    OpenOffice opening .doc

    OpenOffice won't open .doc (sharing with xp computer)
    Keep answers real simple. :-)

    #2
    Re: OpenOffice opening .doc

    You may find people are more likely to try and help you if you provide information such as

    - The version of Word used to create the .doc file

    - The version of OpenOffice you are trying to open the .doc file with.

    - Whether the version of OpenOffice you are using opens other .doc files, or if it's just one specific .doc file you are having trouble with.

    - Any error messages that occur when you try and open the .doc file

    Not trying to flame, just trying to help you help other people to help you.

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      #3
      Re: OpenOffice opening .doc

      Using: MS Word 2002 (sp3)
      OpenOffice 2.0.2
      Won't open any .doc file.
      No error message, OpenOffice just opens for a couple of seconds and then closes. Hope this helps.

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        #4
        Re: OpenOffice opening .doc

        i have no idea but if you open a konsole and execute ooffice -writer, if the applications crash you might have some more message in the console
        ciao
        luca

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          #5
          Re: OpenOffice opening .doc

          Hi
          A few things to check.
          Have you tried un-installing and re-installing OpenOffice?
          Did you open OpenOffice and set it up first, before

          Do you have OpenOffice installed on the XP?
          Did it work okay on XP with the .doc file?

          Good Luck


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            #6
            Re: OpenOffice opening .doc

            Originally posted by old duffer
            OpenOffice won't open .doc (sharing with xp computer)
            Keep answers real simple.  :-)
            Are you trying to access the XP docs through a network share? I remember there were problems opening remote files with openoffice, though I can't remember if there was a definitive solution (as a workaround you can try to copy the .docs to local machine and open them locally)...at least that way you can test whether the problem is openoffice not being able to open docs at all...or just over a network.

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              #7
              Re: OpenOffice opening .doc

              There was a problem with OpenOffice when you use the special "kioslave" URLs like system:/ or media:/. Basically, these aren't real addresses - KDE does some behind-the-scenes trickery with them.

              If you can open a .doc from /home/yourname but not (say) system:/home, then that's what the problem is; though I thought they'd fixed that...

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                #8
                Re: OpenOffice opening .doc

                Does OpenOffice open files created in it's open format?

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