[arch-general] Libreoffice Impress 3.5.6-1 - problems opening *.ppt

[Lukas Jirkovsky]

On 22 August 2012 14:43, Lorenzo Bandieri <lorenzo.bandieri at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Yesterday I upgraded Libreoffice from 3.5.5-1 to 3.5.6-1, and I
> started to notice problems opening several *.ppt files. When I double
> click on the ppt, an "ASCII Filter Options" popup appears - I never
> saw this popup before. Anyway, I have to click "Ok" for Libreoffice to
> start importing the presentation. The problem is that after this
> operation is completed, Libreoffice doesn't show the *.ppt as usual;
> instead, the window remains blank for a long time, and I have to force
> quit. I tried this with several *.ppt files (at first I thought about
> a corrupted file), and this happened with every one. Downgrading the
> package to 3.5.5.1 solves the issue, and the files are displayed fine.
> Now, I'm not sure if this 'ASCII Filter Options' thing is a feature or
> a bug. Is anyone else seeing this? I didn't find anything related on
> the forum.
>
> Thanks for your time,
>
> Lorenzo

This happened to me less than five minutes ago. Unfortunately I don't
have any solution.

Lukas