[GRLUG] unable to open .doc file

[Eric Beversluis]

That's what I did and it seemed to work. Your expl makes sense. Could
have something to do with what Word calls "compatibility" mode?
On Tue, 2013-02-12 at 17:50 -0500, Mark Farver wrote:
> 
> On Feb 12, 2013 5:45 PM, "Eric Beversluis"
> <ebever at researchintegration.org> wrote:
> >
> > My wife sent me a .doc file from her Mac Word. It won't open in LO
> > (3.5.7.2) on my Fedora 15 
> 
> I think I've seen this before.  Mac saves it with a .doc extension but
> it is really a docx file.  Try renaming it and see if it will open in
> LO.  LO uses the filename to figure out what kind of input filter to
> use.. word is more clever about examining the file.
> 
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