Re: attachments in KMail

I installed Open Office 3.1, which opens MS Word documents as expected.

However, I get the same problem with trying to open Word documents that are 
*attached* to emails.

If I right-click on attachment.doc, and select "Open With...", Open Office 
Write is listed under "Known Applications".  However, if I select Open Office 
Write it opens a *blank* page.  This is the same behavior I get with KWord!  

Am I missing something here?

Thanks & Best Regards,
Lou Hinman
New York City

On Monday 09 November 2009 06:44:44 pm Bruce MacArthur wrote:
> On Monday 09 November 2009 05:40:17 pm Louis Hinman wrote:
> > I am running KMail 1.9.10 in KDE 3.5.10 (both standard in Slackware
>
> 12.2).
>
> > Although I can open MS Word documents in KWord, I don't seem to be
>
> able to
>
> > open them as attachments to email in KMail.  (When I right-click on
> > attachment.doc and Open With...>Office>KWord, KWord opens with a blank
>
> page.)
>
> > I will upgrade to Slackware 13.0 soon (which will incorporates KDE
>
> 4.5.4).  In
>
> > the meantime, is the failure to open Word attachments a known bug?  Is
>
> there
>
> > a work-around?
> >
> > Thanks & Best Regards,
> >
> > Louis Hinman
> > New York City
> >
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> Hello, Louis --
>
> I do NOT know Slackware -- so I offer no direct comments.  I have opened
> MANY MS-Word documents, received as attachments in K-Mail, into
> OpenOffice.org -- Write.  The documents were prepared under MS-Office for
> Mac -- but have never given me any problems when handled this way.  You
> can download OpenOffice.org (even a Win-Doze edition!) for free -- and i
> might suggest that you do this if it isn't part of the Slackware distro
> yet.  I hope this is helpful, even though it is not a direct answer!
>
>
> Bruce   Mac Arthur
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