Comments on: docx in openoffice revisited

By: ikd

ikd — Fri, 28 May 2010 06:33:35 +0000

@shulato

I believe the following link may be of help:
http://www.oooninja.com/2008/01/convert-openxml-docx-etc-in-linux-using.html

You basically have to install a few libraries and packages and then use the cli to transfer from docx to doc.

By: shulato

shulato — Fri, 28 May 2010 05:06:00 +0000

what is the easiest way to convert docx to doc using linux cli? what software to install. i have a dedicated server so i don't have gui. web development

By: odf & docx in OpenOffice | The daily blah blah

odf & docx in OpenOffice | The daily blah blah — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:34:54 +0000

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By: first impressions from openoffice.org 3.x | The daily blah blah

first impressions from openoffice.org 3.x | The daily blah blah — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:28:42 +0000

[...] files in Microsoft’s new ooxml format that apparently even MS will no longer support I have written extensively in the past about the docx saga and I have noted that the best choice maybe the odf [...]

By: ikd

ikd — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:57:00 +0000

@Maurice,

thanks for the pointer. Link has been corrected. Enjoy your reading at the daily blahblah.

By: Maurice

Maurice — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:47:00 +0000

Link to oooninja incorrect,
lacks a “o”,
no need to publish this comment.
Thanks.

By: Allen Sanborn

Allen Sanborn — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:52:53 +0000

For your readers that have had issues opening Office Open XML files (docx, xlsx, …) on Windows(XP, 2000, 2003, Vista, 7) with Office (2000, XP, 2003) just run Windows Update to make sure that your system and software is up to date and then search for and download the following compatibility pack:

“Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats”

After that is installed either run Windows Update again (recommended option) or search for and download the following service pack:

“Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 1 (SP1)”

To use OpenDocuments (odf, odt, …) in Office just search for “Sun ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office”. I haven’t used it but I presume that it works well enough.

@ikd It sounded like a lot of the noise was due to the length of the Office Open XML (Microsoft) standard vs OpenDocuments standard. OOXML standard had to take into account all the early formats that Microsoft used so that backwards compatibility would be maintained. It also contained a lot more information that would allow the document to stand as a standard and not have to rely on preexisting software implementations to determine the appropriate way to interpret the standard. via. http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2007/Jan-30.html

BTW in Windows 7 Wordpad is capable of reading and writing both docx and odf documents. One step in the right direction…

By: Sourav Mohanty

Sourav Mohanty — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:07:26 +0000

Thanks for the Update.

cheers,
Sourav Mohanty

By: ikd

ikd — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:34:09 +0000

@Roger,

I thought that MS dropped their attempts at supporting the ISO standard because of all the noise during the standardization process.

Again, I advocate choice. What is it that works best for you within your working environment. Nothing more.

I also use LaTeX besides Office. That, too, has is pluses and minuses but when it comes to technical writing, it is top of the line.

By: Roger Gammans

Roger Gammans — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:19:44 +0000

@Bryan.

Your points about how nice or otherwise OOXML is cf. to odx are beside the point.

Both are ISO standards, and both are PK-Zip’d (not gzipped) XML.

@IKD , I’m an OOo fan and use it all the time but actually OOXML files are easy for most people to access as there are converter addins for ms-office2003 – which isn’t true for the OOo formats.