Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 122454
Unable to open text files using Windows 8
Last modified: 2013-09-04 15:28:50 UTC
I have recently purchased a new laptop with Windows8 occassioned by my spilling a drink on my old laptop. I have down loaded Open Office to my new computer and have copied my text files from my old computer's hard drive. My old computer was a PC using Windows7 on which I used Open Office as my word processor. I never had any problem opening, reading, amending or closing Open Office text files usig Windows7 whether the files were originally created in Opeen Office, or coverted from WordPerfect that I once used several years ago. Using Open Office with Windows8, I am unabe to open and read Open Office text files copied from my old computer. When I open a file, I get a table entitled "ASCll Filter Options" ,with the following: Character set- Western Europe ( ASCll/US), Font- Times New Roman, Language- English (USA). Upon clicking the button "OK" the resulting screen has one or several lines of characters that have no meaning to me. I might add that My Grandson downloaded a program entitled LibreOffice 4. 0, that will open the Open Office files. What must I do to open the text files using Open Office with Windows8.
Exactly what kind of file are you trying to open? Is the file extension .doc? .odt? .wpd?
Can you please upload an attachment of the kind of files ?