Can't open converted docx

tage fredheim · 05-11-2020, 03:03 AM

Hi, I attach an xhtml file (renamed to .txt) that converts ok to docx. However, the docx (also attached) can't be opened in word.

kovidgoyal · 05-11-2020, 08:13 AM

There will be something in there that word doesn't like. Sadly word gives us no useful eror message so impossible to say what. You can try deleting sections of the html file and see if you can narrow it down.

tage fredheim · 05-11-2020, 08:48 AM

Ok, thanks for your quick response though :-)

DNSB · 05-11-2020, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tage fredheim

Hi, I attach an xhtml file (renamed to .txt) that converts ok to docx. However, the docx (also attached) can't be opened in word.

When I took a look at the xhtml file by opening it in Word, there were complaints about XML elements that are no longer supported in Word. A conversion to RTF gave a file that could be opened in Word but quite a bit of the layout vanished.

tage fredheim · 05-15-2020, 01:55 AM

Thanks, do you know by any chance which xhtml-elements that are not supported by docx, so we can avoid using those in our mark-up :-)

/Tage

kovidgoyal · 05-15-2020, 02:02 AM

xhtml elements are notused in docx, they get converted to docx elements. The question is what of those elements word does not like, and the only way to find that out is to repeatedly remove things from the problem file till you narrow down the markup causing the issue.

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05-11-2020, 08:13 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,351 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	There will be something in there that word doesn't like. Sadly word gives us no useful eror message so impossible to say what. You can try deleting sections of the html file and see if you can narrow it down.

05-11-2020, 08:48 AM	#3
tage fredheim Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2019 Device: edge	Ok, thanks for your quick response though :-)

05-15-2020, 01:55 AM	#5
tage fredheim Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2019 Device: edge	Thanks, do you know by any chance which xhtml-elements that are not supported by docx, so we can avoid using those in our mark-up :-) /Tage

05-15-2020, 02:02 AM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,351 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	xhtml elements are notused in docx, they get converted to docx elements. The question is what of those elements word does not like, and the only way to find that out is to repeatedly remove things from the problem file till you narrow down the markup causing the issue.

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