Opening Word Documents

[Basil Fernie]

On Fri, 16 Oct 2015 14:47:15 +0200, Eric Bradshaw  
<ericbradshaw at computers4christians.org> wrote:

> ?Greetings all!
>
> I am having trouble opening Word documents (specifically Word 2007  
> .docx?).
> After saving to "Downloads" and right clicking "open with", several  
> options
> come up (including "document.XML" , none of which are able to open it.
> Also, after opening Abiword and trying to access the document there, I
> cannot open it.
>
> The only way I can open these docs is by hovering over it in the Gmail
> attachment and choosing "Google Docs" which then opens a new window in
> Firefox, from where I can then view, and print, the document.
>
> But I would appreciate being able to also open them in Abiword.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> Steve
>
>
> Steve - I agree with the previous posters in that LibreOffice is more
> compatible with Microsoft Word and if you'll be receiving Microsoft Word
> documents with any frequency, I also advise that you install LibreOffice  
> .
>
> If you expect to be *exchanging* documents with Microsoft Office users,
> once you've downloaded and installed LibreOffice; go to Tools -->
> Options --> Load/Save and check the settings for Default File Format and
> ODF Settings. For example; you may want to save the Document Type Text
> document as Microsoft Word 2007-2013 XML by default. This would save you
> from having to choose such a selection every time. You also may want to
> turn off the Warning when not saving in ODF file format.
>
> The next setting down is VBA Properties and if you've done the above,
> I'd advise checking all these. After that is Microsoft Office settings -
> check all these (except for SmartArt - I don't believe that one works)
> as well. And one more - under the LibreOffice Writer section, the Basic
> Fonts (Western) should probably be one of the Microsoft Office "base"
> fonts; Andale Mono, Arial, Arial Black, Comic Sans MS, Georgia, Impact,
> Tahoma, Times New Roman, Trebuchet, or Verdana (Times New Roman is by
> far the most used).
>
> If you don't have these fonts available, go to Menu --> Accessories -->
> LXTerminal
> Type (or copy and paste):
> sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer[Enter]
>
> You will be required to agree to the Microsoft EULA. [Tab] to <OK> then
> [Enter]. [Left Arrow] to <Yes> then [Enter].
>
> Eric
>
>
>


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