Serious Bug in Lucid Lynx OpenOffice Writer

[Liam Proven]

On 12 September 2010 02:15,  <clintin at linuxmail.org> wrote:
> Ubuntu 10.04 OpenOffice Writer 3.2 (Oracle splash screen) crashes when
> saving a WindowsXP.doc in rtf.  When I start up OO Writer, it does recover
> the file only to crash on the next save.  OO 3.2 on Fedora 13 does not crash
> when performing the same operation.  I have had to install Abiword as a
> work-around for something that shouldn't be a problem or cause an
> application crash.  No, I am not going to report the bug through Launch Pad
> because it is not simple and I assume that since I have duplicated this
> crash on three different computers running 10.04, so I know it can be
> duplicated by the powers that be and fixed.  Not being able to save an rich
> text file in OO Writer is very serious and can be cause not to recommend or
> use 10.04 if a person needs this capability.  This is not a troll but a
> serious report of a serious bug in 10.04 and using OO Writer.  It needs to
> be fixed.

It might help if you can attach an affected document. I have just
tried this - fired up OpenOffice Writer 3.2.0, opened  a Word for
Windows .DOC file, saved it as RTF and it worked fine.

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