Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 15 May 2007 04:47:29 +0000 (UTC), owl wrote:
>
>>> 6) Or, he could have used the OOXML translator for OpenOffice that allows
>>> OOo to read OOXML documents
>>> http://download.novell.com/SummaryFree.jsp?buildid=ESrjfdE4U58~
>>
>> Which is what he did.
>
> No, it's not.
Yes it is.
> At least, it doesn't appear so.
What's apparent is that you cannot read.
> He could have downloaded
> the translator plug-in right then and there to run in OOo and import and
> resave the documents.
No, he could not have.
> But he didn't do that.
>
Because he didn't have the Novell-trojanized OpenOffice.
>> "The story does have a happy ending. Being a geek I did get the data
>> out. But I was very embarrassed about it. I got her to email the documents
>> to me, and used the OfficeOpenXML (.DOCX format) translator that was
>> created by my friend Michael Meeks at Novell."
>
> If you read more, he talks about needing a Suse distro to run the code,
> which seems to suggest that it's a stand-alone translator, not the OOo
> plug-in.
The thing you suggested he use *does* require suse.
Damn, don't you even read the links that you post?
Here is your link again:
http://download.novell.com/SummaryFree.jsp?buildid=ESrjfdE4U58~
At the very top of the page, it shows:
<quote>
Name Size
odf-converter-1.0.0-5.i586.rpm 3.1 MB (3326120) download
odfconverter-1.0.0-2.oxt 3.6 MB (3867754) download
Install instructions view
</quote>
Clicking on the "view" link for the "Install instructions" above takes you to:
http://www.novell.com/documentation/openwg/esd/di_ooo_openxml_translator.html
Where you see:
<quote>
System Requirements
The OpenOffice.org OpenXML Translator requires the following versions of OpenOffice.org:
* OpenOffice.org 2.0.4 or later Novell edition for Windows
* OpenOffice.org 2.0.4 or later for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 and openSUSE 10.1
* OpenOffice_org-2.0 package for SUSE Linux 9.3 and 10.0
* OpenOffice_org-2.0.4 package for openSUSE 10.2
</quote>
So apparently this is only for the Novellized OOo.
But maybe not. I'll leave it to others to test, since it's likely to be
trojanized.
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