[Solved] How to import a template if it's in a .cab file?

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[Solved] How to import a template if it's in a .cab file?

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I need to import a template within a extension .cab. I mean the template comes with a extension .dot and a content.inf file
Anyone knows can give me a clue, please?
Thanks in advance
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Re: How to import a template if it's in a .cab file?

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If I am not mistaken, a .cab file is a plain .zip file, so rename it with that extension, then extract the two files, open the .dot file with Writer and save it as .odt; I am not sure what the .inf file contains, so try opening it with a plain text editor (or Writer).
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Re: How to import a template if it's in a .cab file?

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What I did was to copy and paste the .dot file to another locacion and opened with writer and its seems working
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Re: How to import a template if it's in a .cab file?

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squenson wrote:If I am not mistaken, a .cab file is a plain .zip file, so rename it with that extension, then extract the two files, open the .dot file with Writer and save it as .odt; I am not sure what the .inf file contains, so try opening it with a plain text editor (or Writer).
A cab file is a Microsoft compression algorithm. Just another compression method, so file extraction can be done from any decent program. I use ALTOOLS, Alzip which extracts ZIP, CAB, LHZ and others. Look there for other fine software as well.

David.
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