[Solved] I can not save a file as an .odt, .ott, doc, .pdf

[ralfgagel]

Thank you r4zoli!! The solution: on save dialog the automatik file name extension was not on anymore.

Thanks to all!

Ralf

Hallo to everyone!

I am new here in the forum. I use Open Office 2.4.0 as my Office Software. I use a normal PC AMD 5200+ and I use Ms Windows XP Pro and an altos easy store from Acer for the datamanagement.

I have the problem that anything what I want to save on the PC ore on the easy store is just a file (with out .odt, if I wanted to save it as an .odt, with .ott, .doc or .pdf it is the same. I just get a file with "nothing". If I try to save the file as an pdf, i can not open it as a pdf.

I tried to repair OpenOffice 2.4. nothing changed. I deinstalled, rebooted and reinstalled Open Office 2.4, but nothing changed.
I can not produce any new file as .odt, .ott, .doc or .pdf anymore.

A few days ago I had no problems, everything worked well and I used OpenOffice a few month until now (2.3.0, 2.3.1 and 2.4.0).

Can somebody help me? I did not find any simular topic. Do somebody has the same problems?

hopefully somebody can help,

Ralf

[r4zoli]

On save dialog "Automatic file name extension" cheked?

[Villeroy]

Even if you saved files without or with wrong file name extensions, the files have the right content. The extension is nothing more than a flag for file managers such as Windows explorer to show a distinct icon and feed the file into the right default application on double-click. The extension has no influence on the actual content of the file. You can pull any of those files into OOo via Menu:File>Open... or via drag&drop. OOo is quite smart in detecting file formats by content. It does not need the suffix when you throw a file at it. A decent pdf-reader should be able to open valid pdf documents without .pdf suffix as well.

[AndrewZ]

Try to reset the OpenOffice.org user profile. Let me know what helps you solve your problem.

[ralfgagel]

Thank you r4zoli!! Thats it. The "automatic file name extension" was not on.

Thanks to all!

Ralf

On save dialog "Automatic file name extension" cheked?