Serious Bug in Lucid Lynx OpenOffice Writer

[Tony Pursell]

On Sun, 2010-09-12 at 16:59 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> 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.

Can we end this thread?  I think we agree that it is a problem with
large/complex files in OOo 3.2.0.  We don't need any specimen files to
prove that.  We also know that the same files do not have a problem with
OOo 3.2.1 that will be in the upcoming 10.10 release.

Tony