Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 21383
Import Template archives of word documents
Last modified: 2013-08-07 14:38:26 UTC
We need open office to interoperate in an environment that contains many msword users as such there is a large library of template documents set up by users... although they are able to open them on a one by one basis (using file open) and then importing them... they are not visible using the open from templates features as are native openoffice.org templates. My understanding would be that this could be fixed by adding a *.dot to the template file globing.. and then an running the import routine as normally occures during a standard file-> open No I haven't looked at the code I wish I had the time... The goal here is to make OO drop in and replace MS for user A (open office) without having to convert the templete library to OPenoffice files so user B using the ms product isn't affected.
reassigned to mru
At the moment, you could use the Document Converter (via Menu File.Autopilot.Document Converter) to convert a whole bunch of MS Templates to StarOffice format.
MRU->PB: as long as the Office handles MS templates in the same way as its own templates, these *.dot files should also be visible in the Template organizer or in "File.New.From Template" dialog, when having them in a suitable directory.
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