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[PLUG] Re: Circular templates - Conflict between OpenOffice and AbiWord
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Originally I wrote:
... snippage ...
>> What I cannot fathom is how my letterhead.sxw file came to be stored
>> in an AbiWord "templates" folder in OpenOffice format (.sxw extension)
>> when AbiWord doesn't recognize that format.
To which Jeff Abrahamson replied:
> Some hints on finding files:
>
> locate letterhead.sxw
That did the trick. My "templates" folder was in a subdirectory,
which seemed OK at the time, but now my horizons have widened.
...
> When you do find it, you can copy it to someplace that OOo can
> access, as well as potentially making a copy in place that has
> .abw extension.
>
> Once you figure out as much as you can, you should file bug
> reports against abiword (for not helping you)
AbiWord appropriated the "templates" folder without providing
the means to open a linuxian format; it then mounted it in a
floating place so I could not tell where it was.
> ... and against OOo (since its updater is likely the culprit,
> but admit in the bug report that it is only hypothesis).
Nah. Just lack of planning on my part.
Next, I'll see how OpenOffice does at AbiWording my templates.
George
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