[PLUG] .Doc file is empty in OOo 3.01

[Denis Heidtmann]

John Jason Jordan wrote:
> 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?
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I have OO 2.41.  It responds the same way: blank.  The file is not blank, 
however.  It has some stuff in it.  Is it possible that the file has been 
damaged so that OO cannot interpret it?

-Denis