Re: docx; was Re^2: OTF conversion without OpenOffice
On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 08:27:33 -0800, peasthope wrote:
(Uf... a very old thread, I've completely forgotten the full context :-P)
> MS invented docx. Now when John Doe wants to say "Summer Vacation
> Planning Meeting. Bring your coffee mug to the boardroom at 3:00." he
> can send an archive containing a hierarchy of a dozen or so files.
> Several kB in total.
No, indeed. To avoid that tell (instruct) "Mr. Doe" to deliver a PDF
document instead and problem solved ;-)
> * From: Camaleón * Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010
> 14:39:22 +0000 (UTC)
>> ... "document.xml" is the main file, the one that contains the text of
>> the document.
>
> When iceweasel attempts to open document.xml it reports "This XML file
> does not appear to have any style information associated with it. ..."
> styles.xml is there but iceweasel misses it.
>
> Anyone have a clever way of opening the document with Iceweasel.
XML is a plain text format so you can open it with any text editor (gedit/
mcedit/vim/pico/emacs...). But docx's XML is raw format, meaning that you
barely can get access to some pieces of the doc text but it will be
completely unstructured and meaningless.
You better try to open the file with an updated verion of Libre Office or
ask someone to open it for you and then he/she can return it to you in a
more open and standard format.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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