Re: attachments in KMail

On Wednesday 11 November 2009, Louis Hinman wrote:
> 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?

Here (openSUSE 11.0, KDE 3.5.9, KMail 1.9.10) it works. I have no idea 
what could cause the behavior you are observing. I suggest to have a 
look at the file (in the filesystem) that is opened in KWord or Open 
Office Write. My guess is that the file is empty, i.e. its size is 0 
bytes. This happens sometimes with IMAP (if attachments are loaded on 
demand), but I know of no reason why it should also happen with local 
mail.


Regards,
Ingo


> 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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