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{\qj\fi360 2003 Oct 11\par
\qj\fi0 Dr.  Thomas D. Schneider \par
\qj\fi0 National Cancer Institute \par
\qj\fi0 Laboratory of Experimental and Computational Biology \par
\qj\fi0 Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201 \par
\qj\fi0 toms@ncifcrf.gov \par
\qj\fi0 permanent email:  toms@alum.mit.edu (use only if first address fails) \par
\qj\fi0 http: //www.lecb.ncifcrf.gov/\~toms/\par
\qj\sb240 \fi360 If an RTF file is missing a closing \rquote \}\rquote  OpenOffice.org 1.1.0 (the latest version) will crash: \par
{\qj\fi0 \pard\ql\b0\i0\scaps0\f18 
\par Error loading document file: /tmp/j.rtf
\par Read-Error.
\par File format error found at 281,7(row,col).
\par \par
}\qj\fi360 OOo then shuts down.\par
\qj\fi360 If I simply add a \rquote \}\rquote  to the end of the file, it reads the RTF in fine.\par
\qj\fi360 Solution:  Instead of this error message, OOo should try to close all unclosed parenthesis.\par
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