From: Dan Maser (dmaser_at_comcast.net)
Date: Sun Mar 07 2004 - 14:01:48 EST
I don't think it was versions as much as my current version of Microsoft
Word was having problems, so Abiword became appealing. I found my Word CD
(which is necessary to update Word) and updated it. This solved the Abiword
to Word problem, but Abiword can't open my Word 2000 files without
crashing, and this was not fixed by update. I'm waiting for the 2.0.4
Windows binaries to be ready, because that may fix the problem.
I hope this helps.
-DM
> >
> > Just as a guess, I tried updating Word. Now, the problem is solved...
>
>Do you mean you updated Microsoft Word?
>
>Abiword does want to be compatible with older versions of Microsoft Word
>as much as possible and if the latest version of Abiword which is 2.0.4 is
>producing documents that older versions of Microsoft Word cannot
>understand then we would very much appreciate your help.
>
>The last thing Abiword wants to do is exclude people unless it is
>completely unavoidable or give people reasons to upgrade to newer versions
>of Micrsoft Word!
>
>I should warn people that Microsoft file formats are very difficult to
>work with and even when there is documentation like in the case of RTF
>(Rich text format) the differences between versions can cause serious
>problems. Sometimes Microsoft doesn't even get its own file formats
>right, as anyone who has switched between different versions will know.
>
>Please do help us out and attach some sample files to a report in Bugzilla
>http://bugzilla.abisource.com
>
> > Thanks for your help, though! If anyone else has this problem, try updating
> > Word.
>
>Sincerely
>
>Alan Horkan
>http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/
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