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japer85
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 Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:36 pm Post subject: .docx |
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im having trouble with opening extension of .docx
does anyone know where i can find the extension for this? (im using winxp) |
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Corfy
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OpenOffice.org can't open docx yet. To my knowledge, the only program that can open docx is the new Word 2007, but I might be wrong about that.
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PromptJock
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:59 pm Post subject: Re: .docx |
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| japer85 wrote: | im having trouble with opening extension of .docx
does anyone know where i can find the extension for this? (im using winxp) |
It appears it might be a Word 2007(?) XML file. OOo can't deal with those critters yet.
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rotomano
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| Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:50 am Post subject: Re: .docx |
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| japer85 wrote: | im having trouble with opening extension of .docx
does anyone know where i can find the extension for this? (im using winxp) |
Until a new version of Open Office is released that can handle these .docx files, convert them online to .doc or .rft, either through Google docs, o through
http://www.docx2doc.com/
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acknak
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| Quote: | | an ODF translator will be released with the next version of OpenOffice. |
Eh? You mean an ODF translator for Word I guess, since OpenOffice doesn't need an ODF translator.
Last I heard, there will be no .docx translator for OpenOffice. As I understand, that's as much political as anything: they don't want to accept and support .docx as a "legitimate" file format. Better to have Office convert .docx to .doc and then open that in OOo.
But I'm probably wrong: all the hue and cry over these file formats and office suites just gives me a headache. Everybody uses the same five or six letters to name everything, and everybody who tries to explain it has an axe to grind.
PS: Yep, looks like I'm all wet again: | Quote: | • Office 12 XML import infrastructure and implementation
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• Writer: OOXML Import: Tokenizer
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From: Development at a Glance - Weekly Update CW09. (Thanks to AndrewZ for that link.)
PPS: Novell is already offering a translator for their edition of OOo:
| Quote: | OpenOffice. OpenXML Translator.
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The OpenXML Translator provides support for opening and saving Microsoft* OpenXML-formatted word processing documents (.docx) in OpenOffice.org. |
The link probably won't last long; look under Novell's download section.
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THA_icarus
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jeanweber
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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| THA_icarus wrote: | I have a solution and it's free
Download Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats: |
As far as I can tell, that's an add-on to MSOffice, so it would not be much use to anyone who doesn't have MSOffice. Or am I missing something?
But even if it works without MSOffice, it's Windows-only so useless for Linux users.
rotomano's tip looks useful, but I haven't checked it out yet.
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THA_icarus
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As far as I can tell, that's an add-on to MSOffice, so it would not be much use to anyone who doesn't have MSOffice. Or am I missing something?
But even if it works without MSOffice, it's Windows-only so useless for Linux users.
rotomano's tip looks useful, but I haven't checked it out yet. |
it works without MS Office!!!! |
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