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Re: [LUG] OOo reads docx

 

On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:01:14 +0100
james kilty <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello james,

> I discovered to my amusement that using Linux and OOo I could open an
> attachment in .docx format sent to myself and a few friends, many of
> whom could not open it! It had to be resent in .doc format so Windows
> users with MS Word could read it!

There is support for .docx in 2.4, so I've read on the users mailing
list.  It's far from complete, however.  Again, according to info on
the OOo users list.  Some think it was probably best left out entirely.

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