Bug 164229 - Cannot open .doc file
Summary: Cannot open .doc file
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
4.1.0.4 release
Hardware: All Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Keywords: filter:doc
Depends on:
Blocks: DOC-Opening
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Reported: 2024-12-07 11:43 UTC by raal
Modified: 2024-12-07 17:51 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Attachments
.doc file (283.00 KB, application/msword)
2024-12-07 11:43 UTC, raal 		Details
File saved as .docx in Ms Word (237.13 KB, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document)
2024-12-07 11:44 UTC, raal 		Details
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Description raal 2024-12-07 11:43:15 UTC 
Description:
I can open attached file in Word 365, but not in LO.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.open attached file


Actual Results:
File not opened. I have to kill LO.

Expected Results:
File open.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Tested Version: 25.2.0.0.alpha1+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: ec4415d2a78b1c0fb5eab5baea88508d6b9db43b
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 6.8; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: cs-CZ (cs_CZ.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

and 7.3.7 and Version 4.1.0.0.alpha0+ (Build ID: efca6f15609322f62a35619619a6d5fe5c9bd5a)
Comment 1 raal 2024-12-07 11:43:54 UTC 
Created attachment 198000 [details]
.doc file
Comment 2 raal 2024-12-07 11:44:56 UTC 
Created attachment 198001 [details]
File saved as .docx in Ms Word

The problem remains after save file to docx format.
Comment 3 Robert Großkopf 2024-12-07 16:20:03 UTC 
Could confirm the buggy behavior with
Version: 25.2.0.0.beta1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 5a5fc103cad77dc243b7e54511502054c12c121c
CPU threads: 6; OS: Linux 6.4; UI render: default; VCL: kf5 (cairo+xcb)
Locale: de-DE (de_DE.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 4 BogdanB 2024-12-07 17:51:21 UTC 
In debug version I am getting

WPSDocument::isFileFormatSupported()