Fixed! My dad's computer had an old version of odf-converter installed. Obviously this is no longer needed as OpenOffice 3.1 can read docx natively. And obviously it conflicts in some way with the built in import filter. So I removed it and bingo, he can now open docx.
-- I cannot open ".docx" files after updating to OpenOffice 3.1.1 with Karmic Koala https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/485448 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
