Is there a Viewer for .docx M$ WORD files? If so, where can I get it? This file type cannot be opened with OpenOffice.org 2.3. TIA!
Hi,
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 16:17, Lanny Marcuslmmailinglists@gmail.com wrote:
Is there a Viewer for .docx M$ WORD files? If so, where can I get it? This file type cannot be opened with OpenOffice.org 2.3. TIA!
I'm successfully using the RPM distribution of OpenOffice 3.1 available from the openoffice.org website. I'm even using it on CentOS 4 machines and it's working OK!
They even include an openoffice.org3.1-redhat-menus RPM that will do the proper GNOME/KDE integration in RHEL/CentOS based systems.
I tested opening .docx, .xlsx and .pptx and it works OK.
It is even available for Linux x86_64 (which is my case).
Look for the Linux RPM and Linux 64 RPM downloads here: http://download.openoffice.org/other.html
It's a .tgz but inside that one are all the RPMs (you don't need to run an installer script, just rpm -Uvh RPMS/*.rpm RPMS/desktop-integration/openoffice.org3.1-redhat-menus-*.rpm works just fine).
HTH! Filipe
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Filipe Brandenburgerfilbranden@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 16:17, Lanny Marcuslmmailinglists@gmail.com wrote:
Is there a Viewer for .docx M$ WORD files? If so, where can I get it? This file type cannot be opened with OpenOffice.org 2.3. TIA!
I'm successfully using the RPM distribution of OpenOffice 3.1 available from the openoffice.org website. I'm even using it on CentOS 4 machines and it's working OK!
<snip> Filipe: Thank you for the very quick and very detailed reply. Much appreciated! Follow on questions: (a) Should I uninstall the OpenOffice.org 2.3 group I installed with the distro? (If so, can you give me the yum command to uninstall the entire OpenOffice.org group?) (b) If I should leave OO 2.3 as is, should I install OpenOffice 3.1 into /usr/local? Lanny
Hi,
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 17:08, Lanny Marcuslmmailinglists@gmail.com wrote:
Filipe: Thank you for the very quick and very detailed reply. Much appreciated!
No problem! Happy to help.
Follow on questions: (a) Should I uninstall the OpenOffice.org 2.3 group I installed with the distro?
Yes. I believe you should do it to avoid conflicts with the .desktop files (the shortcuts that will create the icons in your desktop). I remember seeing that it was recommended to do it, but I don't remember where I read that and if the reason for it was said or not...
(If so, can you give me the yum command to uninstall the entire OpenOffice.org group?)
I did it with:
# rpm -e $(rpm -qa openoffice*)
I remember doing it this way in CentOS 4, in CentOS 5 I don't remember the exact command but it was something on these lines.
(b) If I should leave OO 2.3 as is, should I install OpenOffice 3.1 into /usr/local? Lanny
The RPMs do not really give you a choice of where to install (AFAIK). It will install them under /opt/openoffice.org and /opt/openoffice.org3. It will not put anything on PATH, so if you want to be able to start oowriter or oocalc from command-line you will need to add it to the PATH yourself or create symbolic links (I also believe the names of the commands are swriter, scalc, etc. instead of oo*, I created symbolic links with the other name so that it worked for who was using those names already.)
Bill: If I can't get OO 3.1 to work as Filipe suggested, I will check out NeoOffice for Linux. Lanny
I believe NeoOffice is for Mac only. I was using (an older version of) it on my MacBook, but after the success with OpenOffice 3.1 on Linux I actually uninstalled NeoOffice and installed OpenOffice 3.1 on my Mac, it works great as well.
HTH, Filipe
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Filipe Brandenburgerfilbranden@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 17:08, Lanny Marcuslmmailinglists@gmail.com wrote:
Filipe: Thank you for the very quick and very detailed reply. Much appreciated!
No problem! Happy to help.
Follow on questions: (a) Should I uninstall the OpenOffice.org 2.3 group I installed with the distro?
Yes. I believe you should do it to avoid conflicts with the .desktop files (the shortcuts that will create the icons in your desktop). I remember seeing that it was recommended to do it, but I don't remember where I read that and if the reason for it was said or not...
(If so, can you give me the yum command to uninstall the entire OpenOffice.org group?)
I did it with:
# rpm -e $(rpm -qa openoffice*)
I remember doing it this way in CentOS 4, in CentOS 5 I don't remember the exact command but it was something on these lines.
(b) If I should leave OO 2.3 as is, should I install OpenOffice 3.1 into /usr/local? Lanny
The RPMs do not really give you a choice of where to install (AFAIK). It will install them under /opt/openoffice.org and /opt/openoffice.org3. It will not put anything on PATH, so if you want to be able to start oowriter or oocalc from command-line you will need to add it to the PATH yourself or create symbolic links (I also believe the names of the commands are swriter, scalc, etc. instead of oo*, I created symbolic links with the other name so that it worked for who was using those names already.)
Bill: If I can't get OO 3.1 to work as Filipe suggested, I will check out NeoOffice for Linux. Lanny
I believe NeoOffice is for Mac only. I was using (an older version of) it on my MacBook, but after the success with OpenOffice 3.1 on Linux I actually uninstalled NeoOffice and installed OpenOffice 3.1 on my Mac, it works great as well.
Thank you for the additional information! I will begin downloading OO 3.1!
On 6/9/09, Filipe Brandenburger filbranden@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 16:17, Lanny Marcuslmmailinglists@gmail.com wrote:
Is there a Viewer for .docx M$ WORD files? If so, where can I get it? This file type cannot be opened with OpenOffice.org 2.3. TIA!
I'm successfully using the RPM distribution of OpenOffice 3.1 available from the openoffice.org website. I'm even using it on CentOS 4 machines and it's working OK!
46:openoffice.org3-en-US ########################################### [ 94%] 47:openoffice.org3-impress########################################### [ 96%] 48:openoffice.org3-math ########################################### [ 98%] 49:openoffice.org3-writer ########################################### [100%] [root@dell2400 OOO310_m11_native_packed-2_en-US.9399]#
Filipe: I did not uninstall OO 2.3 before I installed 3.1. Was hoping the 3.1 installation would see that 2.3 was installed and uninstall it, but no joy on that. My error.... So, on GNOME, if I go to Applications>Office>Word Processor, naturally it brings up OO 2.3. Please give me the rpm or yum command that will uninstall OO 2.3, and leave OO 3.1 in place. I will hunt around in /opt and try to find the Desktop icon, so I can launch OO 3.1, but if possible, I would like to have it in the GNOME menu. I think in your 2nd message, you gave me the command to do that, but I need to uninstall OO 2.3 first. RPMS/desktop-integration/openoffice.org3.1-redhat-menus-*.rpm
Usually, I don't need or want to be on the "bleeding edge", and I wait for new packages to come with the distro updates, but I'm receiving a lot of .docx files these days. Thanks a million! Lanny
Hi,
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 22:44, Lanny Marcuslmmailinglists@gmail.com wrote:
Please give me the rpm or yum command that will uninstall OO 2.3, and leave OO 3.1 in place.
Ah, Lenny... Why make things hard on yourself? ;-P
You may try:
# rpm -e $(rpm -qa openoffice.org-*-2.3.0-*)
If that does not work, it might be easier to just uninstall everything and start over again:
# rpm -e $(rpm -qa openoffice*) (then reinstall OpenOffice 3.1) (then install the RPM for GNOME integration)
I will hunt around in /opt and try to find the Desktop icon, so I can launch OO 3.1, but if possible, I would like to have it in the GNOME menu.
Those files are not under /opt. I think you missed this RPM: RPMS/desktop-integration/openoffice.org3.1-redhat-menus-*.rpm
This will install files under /usr including icons, shortcuts, mime configurations, etc., to integrate the new OpenOffice to your GNOME.
I think in your 2nd message, you gave me the command to do that, but I need to uninstall OO 2.3 first. RPMS/desktop-integration/openoffice.org3.1-redhat-menus-*.rpm
Yes, there you go.
Usually, I don't need or want to be on the "bleeding edge", and I wait for new packages to come with the distro updates, but I'm receiving a lot of .docx files these days. Thanks a million! Lanny
Same here, I usually avoid replacing the components shipped with CentOS, but in this case it seemed safe enough as I don't really use (or know) anything that depends on OpenOffice. Also, when my wife asked me what to do with those files my usual answer was "complain to the sender", now it is "complain to the sender, but go ahead and open it".
Cheers! Filipe
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Filipe Brandenburgerfilbranden@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 22:44, Lanny Marcuslmmailinglists@gmail.com wrote:
Please give me the rpm or yum command that will uninstall OO 2.3, and leave OO 3.1 in place.
<snip>
# rpm -e $(rpm -qa openoffice.org-*-2.3.0-*) If that does not work, it might be easier to just uninstall everything and start over again:
Filipe: No joy with that command: [root@dell2400 ~]# rpm -e $(rpm -qa openoffice.org-*-2.3.0-*) rpm: no packages given for erase [root@dell2400 ~]#
But, as I was writing a reply to you, I got an idea, which was to use your syntax, with "yum remove" and it did remove 10 packages. :-) <snip>
(then install the RPM for GNOME integration)
OK. I have OpenOffice.org Writer 3.1 open. :-) There is a big problem with the way the .docx file was displayed. It is not pretty. I can see most or all of the words, but they are not where they should be. A formatting problem that I can fix?
Thank you, again, for sharing your time and expertise. Much appreciated! Lanny
On Jun 10, 2009, at 11:51 AM, Lanny Marcus lmmailinglists@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Filipe Brandenburgerfilbranden@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 22:44, Lanny Marcuslmmailinglists@gmail.com wrote:
Please give me the rpm or yum command that will uninstall OO 2.3, and leave OO 3.1 in place.
<snip> > # rpm -e $(rpm -qa openoffice.org-\*-2.3.0-\*) > If that does not work, it might be easier to just uninstall > everything > and start over again:
Filipe: No joy with that command: [root@dell2400 ~]# rpm -e $(rpm -qa openoffice.org-*-2.3.0-*) rpm: no packages given for erase [root@dell2400 ~]#
But, as I was writing a reply to you, I got an idea, which was to use your syntax, with "yum remove" and it did remove 10 packages. :-)
<snip> > (then install the RPM for GNOME integration)
OK. I have OpenOffice.org Writer 3.1 open. :-) There is a big problem with the way the .docx file was displayed. It is not pretty. I can see most or all of the words, but they are not where they should be. A formatting problem that I can fix?
Thank you, again, for sharing your time and expertise. Much appreciated! Lanny
Most probably a font problem you can fix.
Look for msttcorefonts there is a spec file you download to build the rpm, pre-requisites are rpm-build, redhat-rpm-config, cabextract (epel), maybe make.
Put the spec file in /usr/src/redhat/SPEC then from that directory run 'rpmbuild -ba msttcorefonts.spec' and after it downloads, extracts and builds the rpm it should be in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/noarch. Just rpm - ivh it from there and save a copy for future use.
Sometimes the font mirrors hang, so if it hangs downloading something just ctrl-c out of it and re-run the rpmbuild.
-Ross
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Ross Walkerrswwalker@gmail.com wrote: <snip>
OK. I have OpenOffice.org Writer 3.1 open. :-) There is a big problem with the way the .docx file was displayed. It is not pretty. I can see most or all of the words, but they are not where they should be. A formatting problem that I can fix?
Thank you, again, for sharing your time and expertise. Much appreciated! Lanny
Most probably a font problem you can fix.
Look for msttcorefonts there is a spec file you download to build the rpm, pre-requisites are rpm-build, redhat-rpm-config, cabextract (epel), maybe make.
Put the spec file in /usr/src/redhat/SPEC then from that directory run 'rpmbuild -ba msttcorefonts.spec' and after it downloads, extracts and builds the rpm it should be in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/noarch. Just rpm - ivh it from there and save a copy for future use.
Sometimes the font mirrors hang, so if it hangs downloading something just ctrl-c out of it and re-run the rpmbuild.
Ross: Where do I get msttcorefonts and the spec file? Are they in the OO 3.1 files I got yesterday? (If so, I don't see them and I don't think there is any source there). Thank you for all of the above information! If I am home tomorrow, I will give this a shot. I have another user with the dev tools installed on this box, so hopefully have some or most of what I need, ready to try this. Lanny
On Jun 10, 2009, at 5:42 PM, Lanny Marcus lmmailinglists@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Ross Walkerrswwalker@gmail.com wrote:
<snip> >> OK. I have OpenOffice.org Writer 3.1 open. :-) >> There is a big problem with the way the .docx file was displayed. It >> is not pretty. I can see most or all of the words, but they are not >> where they should be. A formatting problem that I can fix? >> >> Thank you, again, for sharing your time and expertise. Much >> appreciated! Lanny > > Most probably a font problem you can fix. > > Look for msttcorefonts there is a spec file you download to build the > rpm, pre-requisites are rpm-build, redhat-rpm-config, cabextract > (epel), maybe make. > > Put the spec file in /usr/src/redhat/SPEC then from that directory > run > 'rpmbuild -ba msttcorefonts.spec' and after it downloads, extracts > and > builds the rpm it should be in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/noarch. Just > rpm - > ivh it from there and save a copy for future use. > > Sometimes the font mirrors hang, so if it hangs downloading something > just ctrl-c out of it and re-run the rpmbuild. > Ross: Where do I get msttcorefonts and the spec file? Are they in the OO 3.1 files I got yesterday? (If so, I don't see them and I don't think there is any source there). Thank you for all of the above information! If I am home tomorrow, I will give this a shot. I have another user with the dev tools installed on this box, so hopefully have some or most of what I need, ready to try this. Lanny
No, it's a DIY project.
Microsoft provides the fonts free of charge, but the original packaging system must be preserved for distribution which means those who want them have to build their own rpm packages.
Just 'yum install rpm-build redhat-config-rpm' and then get cabextract from EPEL (either download it from the repo directly or install the repo config and use yum). Then try to follow my earlier directions.
-Ross
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Ross Walkerrswwalker@gmail.com wrote:
On Jun 10, 2009, at 5:42 PM, Lanny Marcus lmmailinglists@gmail.com wrote:
<snip> >> OK. I have OpenOffice.org Writer 3.1 open. :-) >> There is a big problem with the way the .docx file was displayed. It >> is not pretty. I can see most or all of the words, but they are not >> where they should be. A formatting problem that I can fix? >> >> Thank you, again, for sharing your time and expertise. Much >> appreciated! Lanny > > Most probably a font problem you can fix. > > Look for msttcorefonts there is a spec file you download to build the > rpm, pre-requisites are rpm-build, redhat-rpm-config, cabextract > (epel), maybe make. > > Put the spec file in /usr/src/redhat/SPEC then from that directory > run > 'rpmbuild -ba msttcorefonts.spec' and after it downloads, extracts > and > builds the rpm it should be in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/noarch. Just > rpm - > ivh it from there and save a copy for future use. > > Sometimes the font mirrors hang, so if it hangs downloading something > just ctrl-c out of it and re-run the rpmbuild. > Ross: Where do I get msttcorefonts and the spec file? Are they in the OO 3.1 files I got yesterday? (If so, I don't see them and I don't think there is any source there). Thank you for all of the above information! If I am home tomorrow, I will give this a shot. I have another user with the dev tools installed on this box, so hopefully have some or most of what I need, ready to try this. Lanny
No, it's a DIY project.
Microsoft provides the fonts free of charge, but the original packaging system must be preserved for distribution which means those who want them have to build their own rpm packages.
Just 'yum install rpm-build redhat-config-rpm' and then get cabextract from EPEL (either download it from the repo directly or install the repo config and use yum). Then try to follow my earlier directions.
I will hopefully have time to give this a shot tomorrow. Thank you!
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Ross Walkerrswwalker@gmail.com wrote:
On Jun 10, 2009, at 5:42 PM, Lanny Marcus lmmailinglists@gmail.com wrote:
<snip> >> OK. I have OpenOffice.org Writer 3.1 open. :-) >> There is a big problem with the way the .docx file was displayed. It >> is not pretty. I can see most or all of the words, but they are not >> where they should be. A formatting problem that I can fix? >> >> Thank you, again, for sharing your time and expertise. Much >> appreciated! Lanny > > Most probably a font problem you can fix. > > Look for msttcorefonts there is a spec file you download to build the > rpm, pre-requisites are rpm-build, redhat-rpm-config, cabextract > (epel), maybe make. > > Put the spec file in /usr/src/redhat/SPEC then from that directory > run > 'rpmbuild -ba msttcorefonts.spec' and after it downloads, extracts > and > builds the rpm it should be in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/noarch. Just > rpm - > ivh it from there and save a copy for future use. > > Sometimes the font mirrors hang, so if it hangs downloading something > just ctrl-c out of it and re-run the rpmbuild.
I Googled and found this page, which hopefully, along with your instructions, will help me and if anyone else references this thread, maybe help them too. http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/
On Jun 10, 2009, at 6:31 PM, Lanny Marcus lmmailinglists@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Ross Walkerrswwalker@gmail.com wrote:
On Jun 10, 2009, at 5:42 PM, Lanny Marcus lmmailinglists@gmail.com wrote:
<snip> >> OK. I have OpenOffice.org Writer 3.1 open. :-) >> There is a big problem with the way the .docx file was >> displayed. It >> is not pretty. I can see most or all of the words, but they are >> not >> where they should be. A formatting problem that I can fix? >> >> Thank you, again, for sharing your time and expertise. Much >> appreciated! Lanny > > Most probably a font problem you can fix. > > Look for msttcorefonts there is a spec file you download to build > the > rpm, pre-requisites are rpm-build, redhat-rpm-config, cabextract > (epel), maybe make. > > Put the spec file in /usr/src/redhat/SPEC then from that directory > run > 'rpmbuild -ba msttcorefonts.spec' and after it downloads, extracts > and > builds the rpm it should be in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/noarch. Just > rpm - > ivh it from there and save a copy for future use. > > Sometimes the font mirrors hang, so if it hangs downloading > something > just ctrl-c out of it and re-run the rpmbuild.
I Googled and found this page, which hopefully, along with your instructions, will help me and if anyone else references this thread, maybe help them too. http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/
That's the site. It's one of those to bookmark.
Once you create the rpm though, stick it on flash for future use.
-Ross
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Ross Walkerrswwalker@gmail.com wrote:
<snip> >> OK. I have OpenOffice.org Writer 3.1 open. >> There is a big problem with the way the .docx >>>>>>file was >> displayed. It >> is not pretty. I can see most or all of the words, but they are >> not >> where they should be. A formatting problem that I can fix?
<snip>
Most probably a font problem you can fix. Look for msttcorefonts there is a spec file you <snip>
That's the site. It's one of those to bookmark. Once you create the rpm though, stick it on flash for >future use.
Ross: Thank you for mentioning that! If I get this to work, I will copy the rpm to a CD-R, so I have it available. This will be my first attempt at doing something like this. A small step on the learning curve. :-) Lanny
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Lanny Marcuslmmailinglists@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Ross Walkerrswwalker@gmail.com wrote:
<snip> >> OK. I have OpenOffice.org Writer 3.1 open. >> There is a big problem with the way the .docx >>>>>>file was >> displayed. It >> is not pretty. I can see most or all of the words, but they are >> not >> where they should be. A formatting problem that I can fix?
<snip> >>>>> Most probably a font problem you can fix. >>>>> Look for msttcorefonts there is a spec file you <snip> >> <http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/> > That's the site. It's one of those to bookmark. > Once you create the rpm though, stick it on flash for >future use.
Ross: The good news is that I learned a tiny bit about packaging this morning. My first attempt at that :-) I have a CD-R now with msttcorefonts-.3-4.noarch.rpm (3.5 MB) on it. The bad news is that I still see the .docx file displayed very badly, by OO 3.1. You were almost dead on with the process. How do you remember so many things? cabextract comes from rpmforge. I reloaded xfs as it said on that web page and I even restarted the box, but I am still getting the bad display of the .docx file when I load it into OO 3.1. Lanny
Lanny Marcus wrote:
Ross: The good news is that I learned a tiny bit about packaging this morning. My first attempt at that :-) I have a CD-R now with msttcorefonts-.3-4.noarch.rpm (3.5 MB) on it. The bad news is that I still see the .docx file displayed very badly, by OO 3.1. You were almost dead on with the process. How do you remember so many things? cabextract comes from rpmforge. I reloaded xfs as it said on that web page and I even restarted the box, but I am still getting the bad display of the .docx file when I load it into OO 3.1. Lanny
Lanny, the layout and appearance of old doc files are still often not perfect in openoffice. Heck, doc files created with MS word version xyz often look different when opened with a different version of ms word! So I wouldn't expect openoffice to render docx files perfectly for a while... Be happy if you can read the text ;-) .
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Nicolas Thierry-MiegNicolas.Thierry-Mieg@imag.fr wrote: <snip>
page and I even restarted the box, but I am still getting the bad display of the .docx file when I load it into OO 3.1. Lanny
Lanny, the layout and appearance of old doc files are still often not perfect in openoffice. Heck, doc files created with MS word version xyz often look different when opened with a different version of ms word! So I wouldn't expect openoffice to render docx files perfectly for a while... Be happy if you can read the text ;-) .
Nicolas: I hope I can get it to work better than it is now! Very bad. Perfect, I don't need, I'm hoping for "good". Lanny
On Tue, Jun 09, 2009, Lanny Marcus wrote:
Is there a Viewer for .docx M$ WORD files? If so, where can I get it? This file type cannot be opened with OpenOffice.org 2.3. TIA!
The .docx files work fine with NeoOffice 2.2.5 Patch 10, OpenOffice.org for Mac native interface. Given that's usually a bit behind the regular OpenOffice.org releases, I would thing there would not be a problem with it.
Bill
You can also view them in Zoho Reader
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 11:28 PM, Bill Campbell centos@celestial.com wrote:
On Tue, Jun 09, 2009, Lanny Marcus wrote:
Is there a Viewer for .docx M$ WORD files? If so, where can I get it? This file type cannot be opened with OpenOffice.org 2.3. TIA!
The .docx files work fine with NeoOffice 2.2.5 Patch 10, OpenOffice.org for Mac native interface. Given that's usually a bit behind the regular OpenOffice.org releases, I would thing there would not be a problem with it.
Bill
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You can also view them in Zoho Reader
I've successfull used unzip to unpack a .docx file and then used a xml parser to strip out the XML gibberish and the resulting text file was readable. No formatting or anything, but if all you need is the text, that does work.
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 11:28 PM, Bill Campbell centos@celestial.com wrote:
On Tue, Jun 09, 2009, Lanny Marcus wrote:
Is there a Viewer for .docx M$ WORD files? If so, where can I get it? This file type cannot be opened with OpenOffice.org 2.3. TIA!
The .docx files work fine with NeoOffice 2.2.5 Patch 10, OpenOffice.org for Mac native interface. Given that's usually a bit behind the regular OpenOffice.org releases, I would thing there would not be a problem with it.
Bill
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On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Robert Hellerheller@deepsoft.com wrote:
At Tue, 9 Jun 2009 23:48:25 +0300 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote:
You can also view them in Zoho Reader
I've successfull used unzip to unpack a .docx file and then used a xml parser to strip out the XML gibberish and the resulting text file was readable. No formatting or anything, but if all you need is the text, that does work.
Robert: There would be a bit of a learning curve for me to do that, but it shows that there is more than one way to do things in Linux. Thank you! Lanny
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 3:48 PM, James Matthewsnytrokiss@gmail.com wrote:
You can also view them in Zoho Reader
James. Another option. Thanks! Lanny
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Bill Campbellcentos@celestial.com wrote:
On Tue, Jun 09, 2009, Lanny Marcus wrote:
Is there a Viewer for .docx M$ WORD files? If so, where can I get it? This file type cannot be opened with OpenOffice.org 2.3. TIA!
The .docx files work fine with NeoOffice 2.2.5 Patch 10, OpenOffice.org for Mac native interface. Given that's usually a bit behind the regular OpenOffice.org releases, I would thing the>
Bill: If I can't get OO 3.1 to work as Filipe suggested, I will check out NeoOffice for Linux. Lanny
On Tue, Jun 09, 2009, Lanny Marcus wrote:
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Bill Campbellcentos@celestial.com wrote:
On Tue, Jun 09, 2009, Lanny Marcus wrote:
Is there a Viewer for .docx M$ WORD files? If so, where can I get it? This file type cannot be opened with OpenOffice.org 2.3. TIA!
The .docx files work fine with NeoOffice 2.2.5 Patch 10, OpenOffice.org for Mac native interface. Given that's usually a bit behind the regular OpenOffice.org releases, I would thing the>
Bill: If I can't get OO 3.1 to work as Filipe suggested, I will check out NeoOffice for Linux. Lanny
NeoOffice is Mac OS X only, and is basically OpenOffice.org with a native Mac interface instead of X11. I have used both on my PPC Mac Mini desktop system, but prefer NeoOffice as there have occassionally been problems with the X11 version on OS X doing wierd things like losing the menu bar at the top under the window decorations.
I am not a heavy OO user, primarily using spread sheets and MySQL data sources to import data. The vast majority of my writing is still done with vim writing DocBook XML (OO is supposed to support DocBook XML, but I have never found it usable).
Bill
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Bill Campbellcentos@celestial.com wrote: <snip>
Is there a Viewer for .docx M$ WORD files? If so, where can I get it? This file type cannot be opened with OpenOffice.org 2.3. TIA!
The .docx files work fine with NeoOffice 2.2.5 Patch 10, OpenOffice.org for Mac native interface. Given that's usually a bit behind the regular OpenOffice.org releases, I would thing the>
Bill: If I can't get OO 3.1 to work as Filipe suggested, I will check out NeoOffice for Linux. Lanny
NeoOffice is Mac OS X only, and is basically OpenOffice.org with a native Mac interface instead of X11. I have
I googled for NeoOffice+Linux and it came up with things, so I think maybe NeoOffice was ported to Linux. I will try OO 3.1 as Filipe suggested and try to get that up and running.
Lanny Marcus wrote:
Is there a Viewer for .docx M$ WORD files? If so, where can I get it? This file type cannot be opened with OpenOffice.org 2.3. TIA!
If you install http://katana.oooninja.com/w/odf-converter-integrator/download http://katana.oooninja.com/f/software/odf-converter-integrator-0.2.2-1.i386.... you should be good to go.
John Thomas ha scritto:
Lanny Marcus wrote:
Is there a Viewer for .docx M$ WORD files? If so, where can I get it? This file type cannot be opened with OpenOffice.org 2.3. TIA!
If you install http://katana.oooninja.com/w/odf-converter-integrator/download http://katana.oooninja.com/f/software/odf-converter-integrator-0.2.2-1.i386.... you should be good to go.
+1
I'm using it also on window$ and works flawlessly
Regards Lorenzo
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