Comments on: Ubuntu Tip: How to Open/View .docx files in OpenOffice

By: Mark Preston

Mark Preston — Sun, 18 May 2008 16:42:22 +0000

I pasted your:

ftp://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/www.getdeb.net/od/odf-converter_1.0.0-2~getdeb1_i386.deb

into FF and when it opened, it came with GDebi Installer. I ran it from there. Next I opened OOWriter and tried to save a file with the .docx extension, but didn’t see that option. As the GDebi installer didn’t show a problem, I guess nothing is wrong.

By: be4truth

be4truth — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:00:38 +0000

Unfortunately on my Gutsy 64 bit system installing ‘libgif4′ wants to remove mplayer and DVD-Rip. That’s not a good deal :-).

By: tweedicus

tweedicus — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:45:14 +0000

Open and Save .docx in available by default in OpenOffice 2.4 which is in Hardy 8.04. I’m running the beta and can open and save .docx with no problem. Incidentally, I’m finding the beta 8.04 just as rock solid stable as 7.10. It’s a beautiful OS.

By: nitr8

nitr8 — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:07:54 +0000

@ admin,

thanks you beat me too it

–me

By: admin

admin — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 05:42:17 +0000

@Michael

thanks for this.I have updated the article

By: Michael Vogt

Michael Vogt — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:10:40 +0000

You’ll probably want to change this:
sudo aptitude install alen

into this:
sudo aptitude install alien

By: Vikas

Vikas — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:13:53 +0000

It is not clear which converter converts better. Or are they just the same?

By: nitr8

nitr8 — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:18:24 +0000

thanks Lutfi,

just updated main post

–me

By: Lutfi

Lutfi — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:06:03 +0000

Odf-Converter-1.0 from Getdeb.net is old version. Only read/write .docx file but for .xlsx and .pptx just read. The new version (1.1) already provide by http://katana.oooninja.com/w/odf-converter-integrator and off course Novell

By: admin

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:21:21 +0000

openoffice 2.4 will be coming with ubuntu 8.04 (hardy heron) i.e next release