Re: It looks as if OpenOffice is sick.

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 06/07/2010 07:44 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
[snip]
> Sadly, it's not a success report.  I failed to create a .fodt file.
> The openoffice I'm using reports itself as:
> ooo-build 3.2.0.10, Debian 1:3.2.0-9 Sun May 2 18:53:43 UTC 2010
>
> I start OpenOffice writer from the many my window manager provides.
> I start mousing around.
>
> I start a new document.
>
> format->page; check footer on
> click into that footer.
> insert->fields->Page Number
> A page number appears at the left end of the footer.
> format->paragraph; Alignment Option Center  OK
> file-Save As
>        set Name: TestPage
>        select OpenDocumentText (flat XML) (.fodt)
>        Save

Works perfectly for me with Sid openoffice.org-writer v3.2.1-1.

http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson/TestPage.fodt

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