How to Open a docx file in Ubuntu 9.04 through Openoffice?

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How to Open a docx file in Ubuntu 9.04 through Openoffice?

August 6, 2009 by msverman

Today I received a mail with a file attachment and the file extension was .docx.

.docx actually is a Microsoft word processor document and named OpenXML . Now .docx is by default format for Latest Microsoft word 2007.

Then I found very panic to open the file in Openoffice.

Now it is not a problem anymore to open .docx documents in any Linux distribution coming with OpenOffice suit.

With the help of my friend google I simply download (odf_filter.tar.bz2) import filter for OpenOffice to my home folder.

verman@verman-desktop:~$ sudo wget http://www.taufikraras.com/download/odf_filter.tar.bz2
[sudo] password for verman:
–2009-08-06 11:20:33– http://www.taufikraras.com/download/odf_filter.tar.bz2
Length: 2967411 (2.8M) [application/x-tar]
Saving to: `odf_filter.tar.bz2′

100%[======================================>] 29,67,411 55.4K/s in 86s

2009-08-06 11:22:03 (33.8 KB/s) – `odf_filter.tar.bz2′ saved [2967411/2967411]

verman@verman-desktop:~$

verman@verman-desktop:~$ pwd
/home/verman

verman@verman-desktop:~$

verman@verman-desktop:~$ ls
nsmail.tmp
odf_filter.tar.bz2
opera-9.64
OperaDownloads
part.png

Then Untar the odf_filter.tar.bz2

verman@verman-desktop:~$ sudo tar -xvjf odf_filter.tar.bz2
files/
files/README.txt
files/MOOXFilter_cpp.xcu
files/MOOXTypeDetection.xcu
files/OdfConverter

verman@verman-desktop:~$ ls
nsmail.tmp
odf_filter.tar.bz2
opera-9.64
OperaDownloads
part.png
files

verman@verman-desktop:~$

Change the directory to files

verman@verman-desktop:~$ cd files/

verman@verman-desktop:~/files$

Copied OdfConverter to /usr/lib/openoffice/program/

verman@verman-desktop:~/files$ sudo cp OdfConverter /usr/lib/openoffice/program/
[sudo] password for verman:
verman@verman-desktop:~/files$

Created a folder TypeDetection in /usr/lib/openoffice/share/registry/modules/org/openoffice

verman@verman-desktop:~/files$ sudo mkdir /usr/lib/openoffice/share/registry/modules/org/openoffice/TypeDetection

Then Created a folder Filter in /usr/lib/openoffice/share/registry/modules/org/openoffice/TypeDetection

verman@verman-desktop:~/files$ sudo mkdir /usr/lib/openoffice/share/registry/modules/org/openoffice/TypeDetection/Filter/

Then Copied MOOXFilter_cpp.xcu to /usr/lib/openoffice/share/registry/modules/org/openoffice/TypeDetection/Filter/

verman@verman-desktop:~/files$ sudo cp MOOXFilter_cpp.xcu /usr/lib/openoffice/share/registry/modules/org/openoffice/TypeDetection/Filter/

Created a Folder Types in /usr/lib/openoffice/share/registry/modules/org/openoffice/TypeDetection

verman@verman-desktop:~/files$ sudo mkdir /usr/lib/openoffice/share/registry/modules/org/openoffice/TypeDetection/Types

Then Copied MOOXTypeDetection.xcu to /usr/lib/openoffice/share/registry/modules/org/openoffice/TypeDetection/Types/

verman@verman-desktop:~/files$ sudo cp MOOXTypeDetection.xcu /usr/lib/openoffice/share/registry/modules/org/openoffice/TypeDetection/Types/
verman@verman-desktop:~/files$

Now open OpenOffice.org Word Processor

Click Applications > Office > OpenOffice.org Word Processor.

Then Press Ctrl+O to open and select Microsoft Word 2007 document (.docx) as the file type

That’s it .

Now You can read all .docx files in Openoffice Word Processor.

Thanks to taufikraras

- I did not understand the language but still managed to utilize the information by trying the command in my desktop.

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Posted in Openoffice, Opensource, UBUNTU | 4 Comments

4 Responses

on August 6, 2009 at 1:47 PM | Reply taufikraras

Hi Verman,
Nice to know that my post is usefull. It’s been a long time since the last time I updated my blog.
Keep posting.
on August 7, 2009 at 5:00 PM | Reply soumalya

apparently its working.i need a .docx file now to check.thanks boss.now i’m going to check your gimp tutorial
on September 3, 2009 at 7:25 AM | Reply Chaitanya Konher

Thanks a lot. It has certainly been of great help. However, there seems to be some problem with the layout when I open the .docx file using OpenOffice. It changes a bit But the same file, if I save in .doc format and then open using OpenOffice, there is no problem!!! Can you help me with this?? Your help will be much appreciated..
on October 22, 2009 at 5:54 PM | Reply Osman

Hi,

Thanks for the help but I had a problem while using it. I did exactly what is given in the above message and placed all the files in proper directories. Then I tried to open a .docx file using file type as .docx but OO told me that “Read Error Data could not be read from the file”. I have tried to read this file on with a Word7 and there is nothing wrong with the file. What happened and how can I fix it?

Thanks for your help.