I've been using OO for years (the last two in support of a local bank)
with very little difficulty reading word files. This one takes the cake.
Have you tried to create a new newsletter in OO?
George Toft, CISSP, MSIS
AGD,LLC
www.agdllc.com
623-203-1760
Victor Odhner wrote:
> I am blocked from using OO seriously because it seems
> unable to import existing MS Word documents. You have
> probably already noticed that I am good at breaking
> software. My goal is just to start using OO for my
> word processing, but that will include hacking on
> documents from the Dark Side.
>
> Can anybody advise me what I might be doing wrong, in
> trying to bring .doc files into OO? See the links
> below. The PDFs show how they look in MS Word.
> This is a church newsletter, which is a simple
> publishing exercise. I'm sure OO can handle stuff a
> *lot* more complex than this. ...
>
> This first example has a title and image on the first
> page, but OO starts right out with the text. Then OO
> puts the title at the top of the second page with a
> place for the image, but I'm unable to view the image.
> When I export this to PDF, no graphic goes along.
> I have tried various views, and the page preview.
> <http://members.cox.net/vodhner/PhxNews2004-12.doc>
> <http://members.cox.net/vodhner/PhxNews2004-12.pdf>
>
> This one has calendar squares consisting of two table cells
> with an invisible line in between. OO loses the top half
> of each cell:
> <http://members.cox.net/vodhner/PhxCalendar2004-12.doc>
> <http://members.cox.net/vodhner/PhxCalendar2004-12.pdf>
>
> (OO always draws so many *lines* all over the page.
> Can I get rid of those?)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Vic
>
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