[PLUG] .Doc file is empty in OOo 3.01

[John Jason Jordan]

On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:20:19 -0700
John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net> dijo:

> I downloaded brackets.doc from a professor's web site here:
> 
> http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/people/hayes/120a/Brackets.htm#word
> 
> I did this a couple months ago. At the time I had no problem opening it
> in OOo 3.0. Since then I have upgraded to 3.01 and the file will no
> longer open - that is, it opens, but it is blank. I downloaded it a
> second time, but got the same results.
> 
> I am not concerned at this moment whether there is a bug in 3.01 or
> not, because if there is I am sure it has been reported by now. What I
> would really like is for some kind soul who has OOo to open that
> backets.doc file in OOo, save as .odt format, and send it to me. Please?

Never mind. I figured out the problem. The file contains only a Word
formula. OOo can't grok the formula because OOo's formula syntax is
utterly different.

I could swear Writer displayed the formula last time I opened it. Maybe
the import filter for 3.01 can't do it any more.