Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 60487
iconified objects from MS Word documents lose icon property on conversion
Last modified: 2013-08-07 14:43:17 UTC
Since OOo2.0.1, MS Word files with embedded MS Word files no longer crash OOo when they are opened (see issue #45333). This has exposed a significant regression with respect to OOo 1.1.4 which makes embedded text documents (specifically MS Word files) un-usable in practice. In OOo 1.1.4, an embedded MS Word file is represented with an icon. Double clicking on the icon opens the embedded file in a new window. This is the same behaviour as MS Office 2000. In OOo 2.0.1, an embedded MS Word file is represented by what looks like the top left of the document. Double clicking on representation opens the embedded file in the same window as the outer/containing document. The view on the embedded file has the same size as the representation (i.e. very small). There does not seem to be any way to open the embedded file in a new window as was the default with OOo 1.1.4. While opening the embedded file in the same window as the outer/containing document may be reasonable for small fragments of text, it is **totally** unreasonable when the embedded file is a 10 page document. Please revert to the OOo 1.1.4 behaviour or at least make it possible to obtain the OOo 1.1.4 behaviour. This problem description is specific to text documents because I receive a lot of these. I don't receive documents with embedded spreadsheets although I guess the problem would be the same. It must be possible to open a substantial embedded spreadsheet in a new window.
in Word you can choose whether an object should be embedded as icon or as document. If you choose as icon, Writer displays an icon too. I could not reproduce the problem with only the top left of the document showing. Could you attach a sample document? You can choose to open Word objects in Writer, Tools- >Options->Load/Save->Microsoft Office->[L]Winword to OpenOffice Writer... (converts on _loading_ of the document), if enabled, embedded objects open in the same window in Writer; if not, embedded objects are opened in a new window in Word for me.
Created attachment 33219 [details] test file showing problem
Created attachment 33220 [details] screen capture of test file opened with word 2000
Created attachment 33221 [details] screen capture of test file opened with openoffice.org 114
Created attachment 33222 [details] screen capture of test file opened with ooo201
Created attachment 33223 [details] screen capture of test file opened with ooo201 & embedded file opened
The attached MS Word file is a test file specially cut down from one of the files showing this bug. Screendump word2000.png shows the results of opening this file with Word 2000. Double-clicking on the embedded file opens that embedded file in a new window. Screendump ooo114.png shows the results of opening this file with ooo114 (on linux with load/save microsoft office options ticked for winword, excel and powerpoint. Double-clicking on the embedded file opens that embedded file in a new window just like Word 2000. Screendump ooo201.png shows the results of opening this file with ooo201 (on linux with the same options as the ooo114 setup). This is not the same as ooo114 or Word 2000. This difference is secondary. In ooo201, double clicking on the embedded file produces screendump ooo201-2.png. The embedded file is opened in place in the outer/containing document and has the same size as the original icon. This is very definately not the same as ooo114 or Word 2000. When the embedded file is a 10-12 page document, it is impossible to work with the embedded file in ooo201. Is this clearer?
if you have Tools -> Options -> Load/Save -> Microsoft Office -> [L] Winword to OpenOffice.org Writer... enabled, the embedded document will show up as it does for you in the screenshots. If you disable this option, you will see an icon (or the filename in an icon sized field) too.
closing
having "Winword to OpenOffice.org Writer" Ms Office OLE conversion enabled leads to Word OLE objects embedded as icon being displayed as embedded as document (preview) in the size of an embedded icon link. They should still display as icon and open in a new Writer window if possible.
confirmed on Windows XP Pro SP2 with OOo 2.0.1
MRU->MAV: when the object conversion is activated in Tools.Options.LoadSave.MSOffice the icon view of the objects is destroyed when importinmg them from MS formats.
Changing the target.
MAV->MRU: Seems to be a duplicate to issue 60121 that was fixed in fwk59 ( integrated in SRC680m201 ). Could you please verify.
Setting to duplicate. Please reopen if there is still a way to reproduce the problem. *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 60121 ***
Confirmed, this is now fixed in OO 2.2 by the mentioned Issue.