AbiWord

AbiWord doesn't render MS .doc correctly

Bug #16976 reported by Ramon de Ruiter
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AbiWord
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abiword (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

I have 142 pages (in OOo that is) .doc file. When i opens this with AbiWord
2.2.2 currently in Hoary, it shows me 10 pages.
The file has tables, images, autogenerated index and other scary stuff, but in
OOo it looks pretty good. Abiword completely messes up the layout. I can attach
a screenshot if necessary
I would try 2.2.7 but it needs libc6 (>= 2.3.4-1) and i'm not going there..

I'll attach the .doc file.

http://bugzilla.abiword.com/show_bug.cgi?id=9199: http://bugzilla.abiword.com/show_bug.cgi?id=9199

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Ramon de Ruiter (won) wrote :

Created an attachment (id=2265)
This is the document Abiword can't properly render

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Corey Burger (corey.burger) wrote :

Confirmed with 2.2.7
It also used 100% of about 2 minutes of my 2500+ machine.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

I've forwarded this issue upstream: http://bugzilla.abiword.com/show_bug.cgi?id=9199

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Still not working fine on 2.4.2

Changed in abiword:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in abiword:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Sam Cater (wraund-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

ive found this to be quite a common occurence with abiword, im using Edgy Eft to-date, with abiword 7 compiled :P, and it dosn't work for me either, im betting its abiwords .doc support

Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)
Changed in abiword:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in abiword:
assignee: seb128 → nobody
importance: Medium → Low
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AsstZD (eskaer-spamsink) wrote :

This is not a bug, it's a way Abiword is written. It doesn't state 100%-compatibility with MS Word documents.

Changed in abiword (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Invalid
Charlie Kravetz (charlie-tca)
Changed in abiword (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → Triaged
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in abiword:
importance: Unknown → Medium
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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

Uncompressed/untarred attachment from original reporter.

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

Ramon de Ruiter, AbiWord in Trusty shows 188 pages, while Office 2013 shows 128. Despite this, the way this bug report was originally written was in a "fix everything" fashion, which isn't how bug reporting works.

Please file a new report, one per one specific issue, via a terminal:
ubuntu-bug abiword

Thank you for your understanding.

Helpful bug reporting tips:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs

Changed in abiword (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Invalid
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in abiword:
status: Confirmed → Invalid
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in abiword:
status: Invalid → Confirmed
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