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== Problems with colons in the filename of Write saved *.doc documents ==
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== Workaround for Problems with periods in the filename of OpenOffice Write saved *.doc format files ==
  
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I downloaded OpenOffice because it has been around for a while and should be utterly stable by now. I even had the confidence to uninstall MS Office (shock, horror!) It was happily working and so was I until a college of mine sent me a Word doc to edit. I did that in OpenOffice Write and saved the output file to "*.doc" format. I emailed it back my friend and she could NOT open it with MS Word. She said the document must have been "corrupted" by OpenOffice Write. MS Word went through a complex process of installing a document import feature which ended with a dialogue box providing options to make the code readable to MS Word and so on ... none of which features worked to open the document.
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When OpenOffice Write saves a file  in MS Word *.doc format - with a "." (period) in the filename (eg; "my.file.doc") - MS Word can no longer read nor open the file at all. Not only that - it trys to install a document import feature - and things become very complicated and messy very quickly.
  
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So I then reinstalled MS Word and tried to open the document... the same thing happened to me... then I looked at the filename .... it was:
 
  
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The following provides a functional breakdown and solution for the example "my_file_27.09.07.doc":
  
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"Anger in AN inpatients 20.9.07.doc"
 
  
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1. Open the file? Yes, Oo Write & MS Word.
  
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...see the "." (colons) in the filename? They cause a problem.
 
  
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2. Save the file? Yes, Oo Write and MS Word.
  
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1. OpenOffice Write can open a file with a colon in the filename.
 
  
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2. MS Word can open a file with a colon in the filename.
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3. Read each other's saved file? No, MS Word cannot read an Oo Write saved *.doc format file that contains a period in the filename.
  
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3. OpenOffice Write can save a file with a colon in the filename as a *.doc (MS Word document)
 
  
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4. Of course MS Word can save a file with a colon in the filename as a *.doc
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4. SOLUTION? Rename the file (in Windows Explorer for eg), removing the periods and replacing them with dashes or underscores (eg; "my_file_27-09-07.doc" or "my_file_27_09_07.doc").
  
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5. However, MS Word cannot open a file with a colon in the filename that OpenOffice Write has saved as a *.doc format.
 
  
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The colons n the filename are the problem
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7. The SOLUTION is to RENAME the OpenOffice Write *.doc document, replacing the "."s with (for eg;) "-"s.
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8. MS Word can now open the document.
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But why can't MS Word recognise an OpenOffice Write saved *.doc with colons in the filename?
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I am sorry. I have no idea about structure or how to do a Wiki page correctly.
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My point obviously however must be clarified. To this end I have edited the above and also provided an additional explanation below.
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It is this:
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When OpenOffice Write saves a file with a "." (a colon) in the filename (eg "my.file.doc"), MS Word can no longer read the file as a native *.doc file (It cannot read it at all).
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1. Create a document in MS Word and save it as "my.file.doc"
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2. Open the file in OpenOffice Write and edit the document and simply re-save that (overwrite) as "my.file.doc"
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3. Now try and open "my.file.doc in MS Word.
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Word cannot open the file. Not only that - it wants to install a document import feature and things become very complicated very quickly. However... to fix the problem...
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4. RENAME (in Explorer)"my.file.doc" to "my_file.doc".
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MS Word can now open the document with no problems at all.
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I hope this - with my previous posting above - makes it more clear... if anyone can do better and wants to edit all this ...please, be my guest. As I say - I know absolutely nothing ...just trying to be helpful.
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Regards, CBSEBE :)
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Latest revision as of 01:37, 1 October 2007

Workaround for Problems with periods in the filename of OpenOffice Write saved *.doc format files

When OpenOffice Write saves a file in MS Word *.doc format - with a "." (period) in the filename (eg; "my.file.doc") - MS Word can no longer read nor open the file at all. Not only that - it trys to install a document import feature - and things become very complicated and messy very quickly.


The following provides a functional breakdown and solution for the example "my_file_27.09.07.doc":


1. Open the file? Yes, Oo Write & MS Word.


2. Save the file? Yes, Oo Write and MS Word.


3. Read each other's saved file? No, MS Word cannot read an Oo Write saved *.doc format file that contains a period in the filename.


4. SOLUTION? Rename the file (in Windows Explorer for eg), removing the periods and replacing them with dashes or underscores (eg; "my_file_27-09-07.doc" or "my_file_27_09_07.doc").

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