AbiwordForum: DSL Embedded Topic: Abiword started by: kenzo Posted by kenzo on Mar. 01 2006,00:23
i am currently using dsl embedded.i downloaded abiword from mydsl extension manager, and it opens up fine. i have used abiword in the past, and was always able to work with documents in the ".doc" format (word for windows) with no problem. however, with this abiword, when i try to open a document in the ".doc" format, all i see on the page is question marks where the letters should be. can you pls advise how i can fix this ??? most of the documents i use are in the ".doc" format, and abiword is basically useless if i cant work with the ".doc" documents. any help is greatly appreciated. i am new to dsl, i am trying to learn, thanks for help and patience. kenzo Posted by pr0f3550r on Mar. 01 2006,13:44
Trying to guess, maybe the document you want to open was written with a very new version of Office (XP ?).Does it happen with all .doc's? Does it happen with .rtf? Try to generate a document with Wordpad, save it as .doc and then open it with Abiword, see what happens. Posted by roberts on Mar. 01 2006,16:24
Does it make a difference if you are running it on a natively booted DSL? Just wondering why an extension concern is posted here?
Posted by kenzo on Mar. 01 2006,16:43
dear pr0f3550r,thanks for your reply. i only use documents in the ".doc" format, because that is what my company uses. this problems seems to occur with all documents created in microsoft word version 2000 or earlier, in the ".doc" format. your kind assist is greatly appreciated, because i cant handle my company documents due to this problem. regards - kenzo ======================================= dear roberts, i use dsl embedded for the portability advantage. i do not use any other version of dsl or linux, and i want to stay with dsl embedded for the portability. the portability is a terrific advantage for a business traveller, but not if you cant handle basic business documents created in the ".doc" format. i am guessing that most companies in the world use the ".doc" format. anyway, that is why i posted in the dsl embedded forum. any suggestions you have are greatly appreciated. regards - kenzo Posted by cbagger01 on Mar. 01 2006,17:18
If you want better *.doc compatibility, try OpenOffice extension.It is huge and slow to load up, but it offers the best compatibility with MSWord Posted by kenzo on Mar. 01 2006,18:32
dear cbagger01,thanks you for your suggestion. however, i cannot get openoffice to load and open properly in dsl embedded. i downloaded it from mydsl extensions. perhaps openoffice works in other dsl versions, but it does not seem to work in dsl embedded. i am grateful for any suggestions. regards - kenzo Posted by adraker on Mar. 01 2006,19:40
Just a suggestion, this may not be the problem,but if you are not already doing so, try loading the gnu-utils prior to loading Abiword. This is assuming that you are using the older Abiword and not the one requiring GTK2. Posted by kenzo on Mar. 02 2006,00:10
dear adraker,that seems to have done the trick, good get !!!! i will monitor for a couple of days to see if this fix will "stick", and i will keep you posted. many thanks for your excellent advice. regards, kenzo Posted by adraker on Mar. 02 2006,00:41
Glad to help, I recalled some libfreetype and pangoissues from a very long time ago, and ke4nt1 put them in gnu-utils. The problem probably wasn't happening only with .doc format. regards, Adraker Posted by joer on Mar. 02 2006,01:05
I thought gnu-utils was the busybox replacement?Why is pango and libfreetype in there? Why is there no reference in the Abiword .info file stating the requirement of gnu-utils? Some of us need to be able to run Abiword on low memory computers and cannot afford the inodes/memory to load gnu-utils and Abiword! Will someone fix this please! Posted by pr0f3550r on Mar. 02 2006,19:42
@kenzo,you're totally right, this Abiword will not open .doc. I made false assumptions. I remember the wp in 2.0 would open .doc's. What was its name? I deleted 2.0. |