Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 37030
writer can not open/interpret rtf file
Last modified: 2004-11-12 08:55:21 UTC
I tried to open an rtf (Rich Text Format) File generated by an CAD Aplication. This file contains a lot of lines and textframes. The filesize is about 500kB. After OOo 1.1.2 and 1.1.3 on OS 2k and XP opened the file without any message I got some blank pages. There is only a big black standing triangle showing to the right if the mousepointer is moved to the left paper side (|>). If the mouse points to the middle there are two triangles pointing to the sides (<|>) and if the mouse is moved to the right side the triangle points to the left side(<|). If the mouse is moved outside the page the pages are plain white. After this I tried to open the rtf with MS Word and it worked slow but fine, saved the file to Word6.0 and could open the correct file with OOo. If you need the rtf file just contact me. martin
Created attachment 19184 [details] Table of used CAD objects (lines and textframes)
I checked with 1.1.2RC3 (German) WIN XP: [645m44(Build8784)] , and I can confirm reporters obervations completely. I can open Bhg3D_only_Sockel_F.rtf with WORD2000 without problems. OOo does not show any content after import. Even if I save the RTF with WORD 2000 as .doc, close WORD, reopen WORD, load created .doc and save with WORD as .rtf again, I will not be able to open that new document with OOo. Funny thing: when I open the created new .rtf-document with 2.0 (1.9.m56) English version WIN XP: [680m56(Build8814)], I get 425 pages, most blank, some with funny text like "xTextLeft0dyTextTop0dxTextRight0dyTextBottom0fFilled0lineWidth0fLine0fShadow0fLayoutInCell0fLayoutInCell0 ***** TEXTFELD 2 ***** ******************************************* dxTextLeft0dyTextTop0dxTextRight0dyTextBottom0fFilled0lineWidth0fLine0fShadow0fLayoutInCell0fLayoutInCell0 ***** TEXTFELD 3 ***** ******************************************* dxTextLeft0dyTextTop0dxTextRight0dyTextBottom0fFilled0lineWidth0fLine0fShadow0fLayoutInCell0fLayoutInCell0 ***** TEXTFELD 4 ***** ******************************************* dxTextLeft0dyTextTop0dxTextRight0dyTextBottom" ..... In many of the blank pages, I see a little red arrow at the bottom of the page. Some expert is required to check, whether 'Bhg3D_only_Sockel_F.rtf' really is '.RTF'. My suspect: some table import problem. Rainer
Created attachment 19188 [details] screenshot after <cntrl-c> <cntrl-v> of RTF content from WORD to OOO 1.3
Concerning my "table-suspect", pls. see screenshot "wide_tables.png"! So it looked, after I copied (<cntrl-c> <cntrl-v>) content from "Bhg3D_only_Sockel_F.rtf" (opened with WORD2000) to a new OOo Writer document with page width 119 cm. Rainer
If you save the file from Word as Word 6.0 doc and import it afterwards into OOo it will work. Don't ask me why.
All the elements in the attached document are produced as MS drawing objects (including the "tables"). These objects are currently not supported by OO'S RTF filter. See issue 3790. *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 3790 ***
closing duplicate.