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On Thu, 2011-09-01 at 16:59 +0100, Gordon Henderson wrote: > On Thu, 1 Sep 2011, Kevin Lucas wrote: > > >>> As far as docx files go I've never had one crash (I use Linux > >>> exclusively at work). I have had an issue with images showing up from > >>> time to time though. > >> > >> Feel free to try this one: http://unicorn.drogon.net/xxx.docx > > > > Opens fine 15 pages with some "text box formatting errors" > > Fedora 14 with OpenOffice 3.3.0 > > I guess OOo have improved things since 3.2.1 in Debian 6... > > > have you the MS fonts package installed? > > I doubt it, however it is not a font issue, but to do with the add-on > package they used to produce the footnotes (at least that's the best I can > come up with based on some googling and the output of the convertor I > used). > > The big issue for me isn't so much that it failed to read the file in, but > that it actually crashed OOo rather than have it put up a simple message > saying something like "sorry - this file contains advanced microsoft > widgetry that I really can't decode"... > > If a data file can crash a program then you have a sloppy program - isn't > this what we've been whinging about proprietary software for years now? > It's creeping into Linux. Ah well, just turn it off and back on again... > > Gordon > Crashes (closes down) LibreOffice 3.3.2 on Ubuntu 10.04 (AMD64). Opens fine with AbiWord 2.8.2 (on same) though - all formatting looks ok too. Phil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq