Is this a corrupt document? Why?

users
#1

I am having trouble understanding why the attached document is corrupted on
Microsoft Word 2007 and on LibreOffice at times. I have since then updated
to the latest version, however opening this document resulted in a lot of
warnings indicating that the document is corrupt. I also noted that I was
unable to edit the flowchart, even though LibreOffice Writer provides the
user control.

I am using two PCs:
One has Microsoft Windows 8 and Microsoft Office 2007 Professional
One has Microsoft Windows Server 2007 SP2 and runs LibreOffice 5.0.2.2.

I edited it with both Microsoft Word 2007 and LibreOffice Writer.
I am informed that attachments are removed and these have been uploaded to
https://onedrive.live.com/?id=B712073B3513EB8E!3348&cid=B712073B3513EB8E&group=0
.

Regards,

#2

Hi :slight_smile:
Ahh, i kinda agree with Andreas on this one.

It is probably going to be better for you to stick with Microsoft products
entirely. I think there are deals where you can install MS Office on
several machines. If you are only using Writer/Word then you might be
happy with MS's "Student bundle" which you might cost very little.

If you buy MS Office 365 then you can use it on any machine as it works
inside the web-browser. Google-docs does much the same, and it's free, but
i think you might need to stay with MS.

If you are ever ready to move away from Microsoft there is a huge range of
programs that actually are compatible with each other and don't have such
gaping security flaws. Microsoft puts a lot of effort into talking about
these things but the rest of us put that time into just doing it rather
than making empty promises.

Microsoft carefully makes sure it "doesn't play well with others", and then
blames the others.

I'm guessing that you use Windows Server 2008 (not 2007). If it's Server
2003 then it's no longer supported and has known security issues. Server
functionality does not really help make it better as a desktop machine.
Normal Desktop OSes can easily share files on a network and link to other
machines.

Sorry!
Good luck and regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#3

Jon, *

I can't identify any issues with the OOXML .DOCX you posted:

It opens in LibreOffice
Version: 5.0.2.2 (x64)
Build ID: 37b43f919e4de5eeaca9b9755ed688758a8251fe
Locale: en-US (en_US)

It also opens in MS Word 2013 (15.0.4753-1000) 32-bit from MS Office 2013 Professional Plus without issue.

Further to Tom's comments--the OOXML formats between MS Office versions change. The 2007 implementation is probably less "stable" than the current 2013.

Better practice would be to *not* work in OOXML and instead retain the document for editing in native LibreOffice ODF 1.2, i.e. as a .ODT. Only convert to OOXML .docx, or better PDF 1.4, for exchange with non-LibreOffice users when necessary.

Stuart

#4

Hi :slight_smile:
+1
That says it a LOT more succinctly! Thanks :slight_smile:

It also opened fine in LibreOffice 4.2.8 without any problems at all. The
layout was different in vary minor trivial ways but it's still at the
work-in-progress stage rather than final tweaks to layout.

Also i apologise deeply for my last email! I don't like MS's "One Drive"!
I did figure out how to download the file. If anyone else didn't know it
was;
1. Click on the "Open in Word" button
2. on the error-message pop-up is a button saying something like "Don't
have MS Office? Download anyway?"

Also i suddenly recognised the name as being very similar to an old friend
who i haven't heard from in years but who was doing some great projects in
Malta with little or no support. Much respect to him, and if it's you then
many more apologies for my rant.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile: