M$ and Open Office

[Andy K]

Thanks Martin

Being a newbie, I am not sure what information to provide. Thanks for
the tip. 
I am using version 1.0.3, (Thats what the directory in home says) and I
installed from the ports collection. Installation seemed to go smoothly,
it took awhile as I am using a P2 with 128MB RAM, but no errors at the
end, and all aspects of the program open and work fine - except when it
comes to opening M$ docs. When I try to open a M$ doc, all of the
information disappears and I get a k# at the top of the page only, or I
get the error - An unrecoverable error has occurred. All modified files
have been saved and can probably be recovered at program restart.- I
have also noticed  that the word docs do not have a word icon, yet the
excel doc does.(Microsoft office 97 icons) The original docs are in
office XP format.

Regards 
Andrew Kozak

On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 18:47, Martin Blapp wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > I have installed open office and cannot open M$ docs - both word and
> > excel have failed. Is there something in the  config I should be looking
> > at. Sorry for my ignorance, it's just that I assumed it would open M$
> > stuff straight away, I have also installed the program on a windows
> > machine, and that one opened M$ docs of all kinds right away. I am using
> > FreeBSD 4.8. If it should be opening them straight away, any suggestions
> 
> You forgot to tell us which version of openoffice you use, and if you have
> installed
> a port or a package.
> 
> Martin
>