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I have a .doc file that contains XML formatting code. If I open it on Windows with MS Word it perfectly works showing tables, texts and so on.

This is how it looks on MS Word: MS word opening the file

If I open it in LibreOffice it only shows XML lines like this (this is the header only):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<?mso-application progid="Word.Document"?>
<w:wordDocument xmlns:aml="http://schemas.microsoft.com/aml/2001/core" xmlns:wpc="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2010/wordprocessingCanvas" xmlns:dt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:w10="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:w="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2003/wordml" xmlns:wx="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2003/auxHint" xmlns:wne="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2006/wordml" xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2003/wordml/sp2" xmlns:sl="http://schemas.microsoft.com/schemaLibrary/2003/core" w:macrosPresent="no" w:embeddedObjPresent="no" w:ocxPresent="no" xml:space="preserve">

There exists some way of opening it into ubuntu?

Update

I already tried LibreOffice Calc loading the XML source but it doesn't work. More precisely, when I select the file, there is nothing to map in the box Map to document and I can't press the Import button. I also tried changing the extension into .xml, still nothing.

granmirupa
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LibraOffice Calc allows you to open XML files by loading it using:

-> Data -> XML Source

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XML Source Dialog

More info can be found here

Yaron
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  • I tried, but it doesn't work.. – granmirupa Apr 27 '17 at 11:01
  • @granmirupa What exactly do you mean when you say it "doesn't work?" Are you unable to open the dialog box? Does it populate the spreadsheet cells from the XML data, but with incorrect formatting? Does it throw an error message? Are you still seeing just raw XML? We need to know what steps you've tried and what exactly you're seeing if you want us to be able to help you. – Nick Weinberg Apr 27 '17 at 11:11
  • @NickWeinberg When I select the file, there is nothing to map in the box 'Map to document' and I can't press import. I also tried changing the extension into .xml – granmirupa Apr 27 '17 at 12:23
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The format is known as Word 2003 XML or Flat OPC. In newer LibreOffice versions it should be detected automatically, probably because one of the many bugs concerning MSO-XML2003 has been fixed. For older versions it should work if you use the File > Open ... dialog and choose Word 2003 XML (*.xml;*.doc) right to filename. The test document from OP is available here.

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