[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 126256] FORMATTING, FILEOPEN: Plain text document in (codepage 437) with commercial font displays incorrectly

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=126256

--- Comment #5 from robert at prino.org ---
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #3)
> You mistakenly had not selected the document to open in Writer (via the os
> FilePicker and all files *.*) and are then trying to assign the import
> filter to use.
> 
> The file picker is provided by the os/DE, the import filters are provided by
> LibreOffice.
> 
> Of course if you want the file to appear when not first selecting it--change
> its file type extension from ".h-c" to simply ".txt".
> 
> On selection of the file, applying the 'Text - Choose Encoding (.txt)'
> filter, and making the selection from the 'ASCII Filter Options' dialog, the
> text of the document is brought into LibreOffice and assigned a style of
> "Preformatted Text" on the "Default" page styles.
> 
> No selection of text/paragraph is necessary.
> 
> Rather, you should modify both styles (Paragraph, Page) to apply them to the
> imported text. Save to .ott template--useful if you have multiple instances
> of this format to import--and load its styles in advance.

Completely irrelevant reply. I open it like I would with Word. LO should allow
me to follow exactly the same steps!

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