tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544609315733972726.post1162543705130827039..comments2008-06-29T13:14:57.412-06:00Andrew Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10108637160465346326noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544609315733972726.post-32682914340805662172008-06-29T13:14:00.000-06:002008-06-29T13:14:00.000-06:00I can't get it to run with Vista, either. I double-click on the docx file and I get the "Filter Selection" dialog box, which is what I got before installing the compatibility software.Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544609315733972726.post-43766546257394774982008-06-08T20:38:00.000-06:002008-06-08T20:38:00.000-06:00In order to get the command line to work please go to www.update.microsoft.com and download the express updatesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544609315733972726.post-36045159896228315062008-06-08T20:37:00.000-06:002008-06-08T20:37:00.000-06:00In order to get the command line command working make sure you have the microsoft updates installed.<BR/><BR/>Go to www.update.microsoft.com. It will automatically pick up the updates required.Navsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01239343911508512548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544609315733972726.post-36123722040758293632008-06-04T08:05:00.000-06:002008-06-04T08:05:00.000-06:00I also could not get the wordconv working in DOS. Could someone get it working?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544609315733972726.post-14558798782782165082008-06-03T11:26:00.000-06:002008-06-03T11:26:00.000-06:00This works for me from the command line when converting ppt to pptx, but not for pptx to ppt (it fails silently). Any ideas?Todd Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713192966432687753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544609315733972726.post-10857635543172823722008-06-02T16:30:00.000-06:002008-06-02T16:30:00.000-06:00After I installed the Compatibility pack, I found that if I clicked on a .doc or .xls file that it tried to convert it back to .docx, .xlsx format.<BR/><BR/>I went into my File Types and set those types to open with OpenOffice.org 2.4, and now everything is cool again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544609315733972726.post-18474829797714351362008-04-03T09:10:00.000-06:002008-04-03T09:10:00.000-06:00I tried to get the command line version you show running in DOS, I get nothing. No feedback, no error messages, and no output file. I'm personally interested in getting the powerpoint converter to work in an automated fashion like this, but I couldn't get either word or powerpoint to work. <BR/>Did you have to do any special setup, or have anything else in particular installed to get this working?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544609315733972726.post-2017632338803200412008-03-19T09:22:00.000-06:002008-03-19T09:22:00.000-06:00Useless with Vista - don't waste your time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544609315733972726.post-35342137645513858822008-02-19T14:42:00.000-07:002008-02-19T14:42:00.000-07:00Anonymous:<BR/><BR/>I was writing from a descriptive rather than prescriptive point of view. However, the end user does not care what type of object it is: he just cares about using it easily, so I suggest the embedded Excel object should become an object that Calc can seamlessly edit. Am I missing something?<BR/><BR/><BR/>AndrewAndrew Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10108637160465346326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544609315733972726.post-44882585313753097722008-02-19T13:28:00.000-07:002008-02-19T13:28:00.000-07:00How would you like to see embedded objects handled in this case?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com