Re: [libreoffice-users] Nikolai Cassanova: Hi, I am having problems with OLE objects in microsoft word documents

Hi :)
Another way of following Regina's route is to;
1.  make a copy of the file
2.  rename the file-ending from .docX (or from .odt) to .zip
3.  double click on the zip-file
4.  look in the likely-looking folders until you find the object
5.  drag that out of the document

To fully follow her route you might
6.  delete the object from the zip-file
7.  rename the .zip to .docx (or .odt)
8.  open the file with LibreOffice and carry on with her 2nd-to-last
paragraph (create a link to the object and then delete the remaining
broken-object

Once you have done that sort of thing once or twice you realise that
you don't really have to rename at all.  Just a right-click allows you
to "open with ...".  Some OSes make it easier.  It's toughest in
Windows because Windows tries to hide the file-ending.  On Windows you
might need to tweak your machine a bit to make it easier and i only
know how to do that on Xp.  It's probably possible on Win7 and Win8
but if i get into anything like this i reboot into Ubuntu or something
to avoid faffing around.

Regards from
Tom :)








On 22 January 2014 22:44, Regina Henschel <rb.henschel@t-online.de> wrote:
> Hi Nikolai,
>
> nikolaigauntiet@estelacm.sld.cu schrieb:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Yeah 6.3 word document is huge.  Yes it is embedded into the word document
> > and I can´t copy it, to paste  it into an external link.  I don´t know
> > what to do because this semester, I only had one class and next semester I
> > will have about 10 classes.  In my school, all professors will give
> > documents with embedded objects.  Any other ideas?
>
> A .docx document is a container format as .odt too. So you can inspect it
> with Windows file manager or you unpack it. Then you should be able to
> access the embedded object directly and copy it to another place. Then you
> can look at its file format and find a suitable application to play it.
>
> If you remove it, LibreOffice will show some kind of "not found" at that
> place, but the file will become a lot smaller. Delete the now broken object
> and replace it with a hint for you, which file belongs to this place.
>
> What operating system do you use?
>
> Kind regards
> Regina
>
>
>
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