Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 02:39:46 +0300 From: Alexander Portnoy <my-subs@mail.ru> To: andy@richardflanagan.com.au Cc: Open Office Questions <freebsd-openoffice@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: M$ and Open Office Message-ID: <20030924023946.315a8418.my-subs@mail.ru> In-Reply-To: <1064356436.1510.15.camel@Rockstar.richardflanagan.com.au> References: <1064303459.63215.40.camel@Rockstar.richardflanagan.com.au> <20030923104254.B24438@cvs.imp.ch> <1064356436.1510.15.camel@Rockstar.richardflanagan.com.au>
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On 24 Sep 2003 08:33:56 +1000 Andy K <andy@richardflanagan.com.au> wrote: > Thanks Martin > > Being a newbie, I am not sure what information to provide. Thanks for > the tip. > I am using version 1.0.3, (Thats what the directory in home says) and I > installed from the ports collection. Installation seemed to go smoothly, > it took awhile as I am using a P2 with 128MB RAM, but no errors at the > end, and all aspects of the program open and work fine - except when it > comes to opening M$ docs. When I try to open a M$ doc, all of the > information disappears and I get a k# at the top of the page only, or I > get the error - An unrecoverable error has occurred. All modified files > have been saved and can probably be recovered at program restart.- I > have also noticed that the word docs do not have a word icon, yet the > excel doc does.(Microsoft office 97 icons) The original docs are in > office XP format. > > Regards > Andrew Kozak > > On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 18:47, Martin Blapp wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > I have installed open office and cannot open M$ docs - both word and > > > excel have failed. Is there something in the config I should be looking > > > at. Sorry for my ignorance, it's just that I assumed it would open M$ > > > stuff straight away, I have also installed the program on a windows > > > machine, and that one opened M$ docs of all kinds right away. I am using > > > FreeBSD 4.8. If it should be opening them straight away, any suggestions > > > > You forgot to tell us which version of openoffice you use, and if you have > > installed > > a port or a package. > > > > Martin > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-openoffice@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-openoffice > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-openoffice-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Get OpenOffice 1.1rc4 package for FreeBSD 4.8 from http://projects.imp.ch/openoffice and add 128 or 256 MB RAM ;-) It works fine on FreeBSD-4.8-RELEASE (P-III-866MHz/256MB RAM) and really opens M$-OfficeXP documents (doc, ppt, ...). It has great support for bidirectional languages (hebrew works very well) and can export documents to different formats (including PDF).
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