Bug 92943

Summary: Docs Opening as "Untitled"
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: jimleff.ny
Component: LibreOfficeAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG    
Severity: normal CC: momonasmon
Priority: medium    
Version: 4.4.4.3 release   
Hardware: Other   
OS: macOS (All)   
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Description jimleff.ny 2015-07-26 19:30:08 UTC
Word 97 files sometimes open as "Untitled". 

Workaround is to add a .doc extension to the file.

For example: the attached file, titled "myths", opens as "Untitled". If you change file name to "myths.doc", it will open, properly, as "Myths.doc"

I'm running OS 10.10.4
Comment 1 jimleff.ny 2015-07-26 19:33:02 UTC
Created attachment 117453 [details]
Problem Example
Comment 2 Maxim Monastirsky 2015-07-26 20:08:25 UTC
(In reply to jimleff.ny from comment #0)
> Word 97 files sometimes open as "Untitled". 
That's because they're considered as templates in this case, so basically you're getting a new document based on this template.

> Workaround is to add a .doc extension to the file.
That's not just a workaround, but the right thing to do. There is no way to distinguish between a Word 97 document and a template, other than by file extension (AFAIK). So with a wrong extension, the software simply has no clue on what you're trying to do.

As a general rule, you should give right extensions to files whenever possible, or you'll get bad surprises in other cases too.