> The original question from Don was around opening a Word 2003 DOC file (not
> docx) on a Windows 10 computer running NVDA 2017.3rc1 and LibreOffice. I
> couldn't reproduce the issue on my system, but I didn't have an old Office
> 2003 file, I just made one in Word 2016, and there's all kinds of reasons
> why that might be different.
>
> If anyone has a doc file that reproduces the crash that you can share, feel
> free to send it to me directly (you won't be able to send it on list in any
> case).
>
> Regards
>
> Quentin.
>
> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 5:36 PM, Brian's Mail list account via Groups.Io <
> bglists=
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>
>> Was this in windows 10? There have been a number of odd things happening
>> with the latest 10, that seem to randomly crash office 2003 programs, and
>> maybe its more to do with the file format than anything else.
>> Brian
>>
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>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Quentin Christensen" <
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>> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 2:19 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nvda] NVDA and Libreoffice
>>
>>
>>
>> Using NVDA 2017.3 rc1 and LibreOffice Writer 5.3.4.2 I did the following:
>>>
>>> - Opened Word 2016 (I didn't have an old Word 2003 document handy) and
>>> typed a few words, saved as Word 97 - 2003 format .doc.
>>> - Opened LibreOffice Writer.
>>> - Opened the document I'd saved.
>>> - Read through document, added some text.
>>> - Saved document, and when prompted, saved in Office 2003 format.
>>>
>>> I did notice at that point, the NVDA seemed to lose focus. Pressing alt
>>> twice to go into the menu and back, or alt+tab to something else and
>>> back
>>> fixed the issue though.
>>>
>>> I tried again and had no problems, although I got the lose focus thing
>>> at
>>> one point moving through the text. I didn't find a concrete way to
>>> reproduce that. It's annoying, but it didn't bring the system down or
>>> anything. The focus itself was still in the document, so I could still
>>> move around and edit, it was just that NVDA wasn't reading properly so I
>>> expect it wouldn't be evident with NVDA not running. Nothing untoward
>>> in
>>> the NVDA log though. I have noticed occasional issues with LibreOffice
>>> so
>>> not sure if this is related to using a Word 2003 doc, or just a general
>>> LIbreOffice thing.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 5:55 AM, Don H <
lmddh50@...> wrote:
>>>
>>> Running NVDA 2017.3 RC1 on a Win 10 system.
>>>> Just installed LibreOffice and attempted to open and modify a MS Office
>>>> 2003 document. If I change the document and select to save it as the
>>>> original .doc file type it crashes LibreOffice to the point of needing
>>>> a
>>>> hard reboot to clear it. Is this a known issue with trying to use
>>>> LibreOffice with Microsoft Office documents?
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Quentin Christensen
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>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Quentin Christensen
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>
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>
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