Ubuntu
abiword package

Xubuntu does not associate .docx with abiword

Bug #1141885 reported by Ciarán Mooney
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
abiword (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned
xubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Received a docx file from a friend and tried to open it. The default application is for Archive Manager to open it. There is also no right click open to open with Abiword.

Abiword opened the file adequately although I never saw the original so don't know about any changes in formatting.

This problem was in the latest version of Xubuntu (12.10) with packages fully up to date on the machine.

This would be very frustrating to a new or inexperienced user.

Related branches

lp:~thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount/xubuntu-default-settings/associate-docx
Pasi Lallinaho (community): Approve (community)
Simon Steinbeiß: Approve
Xubuntu Developers: Pending requested
Diff: 47 lines (+8/-4)
1 file modified
usr/share/xubuntu/applications/defaults.list (+8/-4)
lp:ubuntu/trusty-proposed/xubuntu-default-settings
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in abiword (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Charles Ford (charlesford42) wrote :

If I right click on it and click "open with other application," and then choose abiword from that menu, it fixes the problem.

Thaddaeus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount)
affects: abiword (Ubuntu) → xubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu)
Thaddaeus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount)
Changed in xubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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Thaddaeus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

The MIME type for .docx files needs to be added to Abiword's application launcher.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee309278%28office.12%29.aspx

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in abiword (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Thaddaeus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount)
Changed in xubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → New
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package xubuntu-default-settings - 14.04.3

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xubuntu-default-settings (14.04.3) trusty; urgency=medium

  * Update keyboard-shortcut for appmenu to point to whiskermenu (new default)
  * Restore previous xfdesktop's default settings (LP: #1297170)
  * Use "zoom" mode by default again in xfdesktop
  * Associate docx files with Abiword (LP: #1141885)
  * Remove jockey.desktop as it is provided in software-properties now (LP: #1060543)
 -- Simon Steinbeiss <email address hidden> Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:59:32 +0100

Changed in xubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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