On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>wrote:

> First I would check the Output buffer.  That should have more
> information on why the export failed.
>

Thanks Suvayu. There was no Output buffer, only a few error messages in the
*Messages* buffer (and these are of dubious relevance.)

But it seems that the problem occurs only when I have
org-odt-preferred-output-format set to "odt" rather than "doc" or nil.

Dan