[SOLVED] Abiword won't open .docx or .odt files

frabjous · 2010-10-01 16:14:58

I have the latest versions of abiword and abiword-plugins (both v 2.8.6-2) installed from /extra. I'm almost positive that in the past that AbiWord could open both Word 2007+ (.docx) and Open Document (.odt) files, but the installation I have won't. I feel as though I'm missing something obvious. Any thoughts?

Last edited by frabjous (2010-10-01 17:34:24)

karol · 2010-10-01 16:18:13

Maybe you need http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?sort … =&limit=50

frabjous · 2010-10-01 17:17:21

No, as I mentioned, I have both abiword and abiword-plugins installed. (Your link goes to abiword-plugins.)

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karol · 2010-10-01 17:30:12

frabjous wrote:

No, as I mentioned, I have both abiword and abiword-plugins installed. (Your link goes to abiword-plugins.)

Sorry for not reading your post in full.

I've installed AbiWord + plugins and they seem to work with .odt and doc (I have no docx here).
Can you send me files you can't open?

Last edited by karol (2010-10-01 17:30:27)

frabjous · 2010-10-01 17:34:04

No need. I uninstalled the two packages, purged them from cache, and then reinstalled them, and everything works now. No clue what was wrong before, but at least the problem is solved. (Interestingly, uninstall and reinstalling by itself didn't work; I needed the purge, even though the version number hasn't changed.)

Thanks for the (offer of) help, nonetheless.

Last edited by frabjous (2010-10-01 17:35:28)

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