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

[NoOp]

On 10/08/2008 02:33 PM, Hal Burgiss wrote:
> 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.
> 

docx isn't ready for primetime no matter what OS or office program you
use, but I'll not expand on that here :-)

File a bug (please). In searching the LP OOo bug list for docx I only
find one somewhat outdated & slightly odd bug report. See:

<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org?field.searchtext=docx&orderby=-importance&search=Search&field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=FIXCOMMITTED&field.assignee=&field.bug_reporter=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.has_patch=&field.has_no_package=>