From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: odt export error Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:09:10 +0000 Message-ID: <87fwgny0y1.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:48365) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ralei-0007Sf-Gx for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:01:45 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ralec-00071E-9p for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:01:44 -0500 Received: from vscani-b2.ucl.ac.uk ([144.82.108.135]:42525) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ralec-00070m-46 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:01:38 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Kevin Emerson's message of "Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:03:03 -0800") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Kevin Emerson Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Kevin Emerson writes: > Hello all, > I am relatively new to org-mode, but I am certainly a convert - a > great piece of work! I usually export things as html, but my employer > always wants updates in doc format. I was hoping to use the new odt > export functionality and then I can save the odt as a doc file. This > works for me sometimes - but not always. > > I can not pinpoint exactly what yields the error, but it reads "Format > error discovered in the file in sub-document styles.xml at > 415,108(row,col) when the file attempts to open in openoffice 3.2. I > am using org-mode 7.6. I had this error when I first tried the odt exporter. I think you may wish to upgrade to a more recent version of org; 7.6 is quite old, especially for ODT export. The file you attached exports fine for me in org 7.8.02. -- : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.0.90.1 : using Org-mode version 7.8.02 (release_7.8.02.2.g490d6a)