What is the best option to open .docx, pptx files in Ubuntu LTS 8.04 ?

[Hal Burgiss]

On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 01:59:41PM -0700, NoOp wrote:
> 
> Works for me (2.4.1 Ubuntu OOo).
> 
> sudo apt-get install --reinstall openoffice.org openoffice.org-evolution

Just tried this, and then tried 4 different docx files. All 4 say
'Read Error: Unable to read data from file' or somesuch. Fully updated
8.04. These are random files from clients. If docx is "supported", its
not ready for prime time. This is not a huge deal for me. If I never saw
another docx file, I'd be tickled. I can always find other ways. Its
an annoyance more than anything.

-- 
Hal