<font color='black' size='2' face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'>Th<font color="black" size="2">at was easy since Lau<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">n</font>chpad knows me. I have confirmed the bug as still being present, on 32 bit platforms.<br> <br> Thanks for the link to the bug report.</font><font color="black"><font size="2"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> <br> </font></font></font>-----Original Message-----<br> <font color="black" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <div> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> From: Steven Susbauer <steven@too1337.com><br> To: ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com<br> Sent: Sat, Sep 11, 2010 7:36 pm<br> Subject: Re: Serious Bug in Lucid Lynx OpenOffice Writer<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_0_699574a1-b700-473c-a686-d447ea00404c" style="margin: 0px; font-family: Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Sans-Serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>On 9/11/2010 8:15 PM, <a href="mailto:clintin@linuxmail.org">clintin@linuxmail.org</a> 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. Launchpad is exactly where you should report it, so the powers that be can attempt to duplicate it and get it fixed. This is a support list, not a bug report list. It appears this bug may be the same as <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/556169" target="_blank">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/556169</a>, in which case adding information is in your best interest as it is about to be closed again. -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </tt></pre> </div>  </div> </font></font>