<html>
<head>
<base href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/">
</head>
<body><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8">
<tr>
<th>Bug ID</th>
<td><a class="bz_bug_link
bz_status_UNCONFIRMED "
title="UNCONFIRMED - Writer 6.1 thru at least 5.4.4.2 cannot open docx files created by ver. 5.1 or MS Word"
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=121324">121324</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Summary</th>
<td>Writer 6.1 thru at least 5.4.4.2 cannot open docx files created by ver. 5.1 or MS Word
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Product</th>
<td>LibreOffice
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Version</th>
<td>6.0.0.0.beta1
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Hardware</th>
<td>x86 (IA32)
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>OS</th>
<td>Windows (All)
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Status</th>
<td>UNCONFIRMED
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Severity</th>
<td>normal
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Priority</th>
<td>medium
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Component</th>
<td>Writer
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Assignee</th>
<td>libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Reporter</th>
<td>CochranSM@aol.com
</td>
</tr></table>
<p>
<div>
<pre>I have been working with LibreOffice Writer ver. 5.1 for about the last year
without a hitch. During the last few weeks I created a 20 page document and
saved it in docx format. I got a note saying that ver. 6 was now available, so
I decided to upgrade.
With ver 6.0 when I went back to my docx files created under ver 5.1 I had
either blank pages or a few overwritten lines at the top of the file. I thought
the files were somehow corrupted: not a pleasant thought. I had printed out the
file under ver 5.1 so used Adobe pdf converter to change it to docx format. I
fed this back to ver. 6.0 and it came in, understandably, with formatting
issues. I beat the files back into shape a page at a time in 6.0. Any docx
files created in 6.0 could be read by it, but none of those created by the
older ver 5.1. I also tried opening some older docx files created by MS Word
with ver. 6.0 and they were also blank or overprinted.
Today, I uninstalled ver. 6.0 and installed ver 5.4.4.2 only to discover
that it couldn't open docx files either. I uninstalled 5.4.4.2 and installed
vere. 5.1.3.2 and, Thank God!!!, I could read my docx files again. Obviously,
the file reading bug lies somewhere between ver. 5.1.3.2 and 5.4.4.2.
I listed the bug as critical because I have over 1,000 files I couldn't
read, but I still love the program and am confident you'll find and kill the
bug. In the interim, I'm happy using 5.1.3.2.
Thanks,
SMaitland
<a href="mailto:CochranSM@aol.com">CochranSM@aol.com</a></pre>
</div>
</p>
<hr>
<span>You are receiving this mail because:</span>
<ul>
<li>You are the assignee for the bug.</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>