[Bug 122454] New: Unable to open text files using Windows 8

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https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=122454

            Bug ID: 122454
        Issue Type: DEFECT
           Summary: Unable to open text files using Windows 8
           Product: Writer
           Version: AOO 3.4.1
          Hardware: PC
                OS: Windows 8
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: viewing
          Assignee: issues@openoffice.apache.org
          Reporter: edbarnes12@aol.com
                CC: issues@openoffice.apache.org

I have recently purchased a new laptop with Windows8 occassioned by my spilling
a drink on my old laptop.  I have down loaded Open Office to my new computer
and have copied my text files from my old computer's hard drive. My old
computer was a PC using Windows7 on which I used Open Office as my word
processor.   I never had any problem opening, reading, amending or closing 
Open Office text files usig Windows7 whether the files were originally created
in Opeen Office, or coverted from WordPerfect that I once used several years
ago. Using Open Office with Windows8, I am unabe to open and read Open Office
text files copied from my old computer.  When I open a file, I get a table
entitled  "ASCll Filter Options" ,with the following: Character set- Western
Europe ( ASCll/US), Font- Times New Roman, Language- English (USA). Upon
clicking the button "OK" the resulting screen has one or several lines of
characters that have no meaning to me.  I might add that My Grandson downloaded
a program entitled LibreOffice 4. 0, that will open the Open Office files. 
What must I do to open the text files using Open Office with Windows8.

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[Bug 122454] Unable to open text files using Windows 8

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--- Comment #1 from Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org> ---
Exactly what kind of file are you trying to open?  Is the file extension .doc? 
.odt?  .wpd?

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dafsafaa@gmail.com changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |ACCEPTED
                 CC|                            |dafsafaa@gmail.com
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1

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--- Comment #2 from dafsafaa@gmail.com ---
Can you please upload an attachment of the kind of files ?

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