Re: how to read abiword files with MS word?

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> I use Abiword on Windows 2000 and have 2 problems: I tried to send
> some Abiword documents to people using MS Word and when they open the
> file, thereīs loads of lines with letters, numbers, sings & whatever
> and somewhere inbetween the text. What am I doing wrong? I tried
> different formats - doc, rtf etc - but none of it worked. Iīm an
> averadge windows user and really have no idea of computer-stuff, so
> please EASY explanations...

Tell them to download Abiword it is free, then they wont have any
compatibility problems.

More seriously though, if you are sharing documents with someone who has
MSWord simply saving as Microsoft Word .doc should be fine.

> Another thing is sometimes when I open a document there appear 3 or 4
> letters from somewhere in the text at the end of it and I canīt delete
> them or anything. Normally when this happens, Abiword crashes down

That sounds a lot like a previous bug report i read. The user had
problems after pasting text from MS outlook.
http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4341

- Alan

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