Open Hybrid-PDF in Writer. General Error!

[Andric]

Hello everyone,

i have just installed LibreOffice and wanted to check it out if it could be a replacement for MS Office.

I am especially interested in the “Hybrid PDF” Option. So i created a Test Document and exported it as Hybrid PDF. When i try to open it in Writer i get a “General Error. General Input-/Output Error.” (I am using the German Version, so this error Message is translated by me and not verbatim.)
If i try it with Calc i do not get an error and it works just fine!
I played around with the other Options in the “Export as pdf” Window but there is no change in behaviour.

any Ideas?

[mikekaganski]

Which LO version you use? Which OS? Which kind of “Test Document” you used - text? spreadsheet? other?

Tried with text document exported as hybrid PDF using LO 6.4.1.2 x64 on Win10, it worked correctly.

[anon73440385]

Same question asked in German section of ask.libreoffice.org - see Hybrid PDF öffnen in Writer. Allgemeiner Fehler and got same result as @mikekaganski (on Linux)

[DpAnon]

hi !
i had the same problem,
i created a “.docx” document and exported it it as a Hybrid PDF
When i try to open it in Writer i get a “General Error. General Input-/Output Error.”
but I’ve found the solution !
i previously have changed the default file format and ODF settings of text document type from .odt to .docx
and that’s what was making the “General Error. General Input-/Output Error.”
so when i changed back to .odt and re-exported my .docx document to hybrid PDF and opened it with writer, it worked just fine
so just go to:

1. TOOLS ==> Options or just press Alt+F12
2. LOAD/SAVE ==> General
3. under the Default File Format and ODF Settings ==> Always Save as: ODF Text Document (*.odt)
   and make sure it is ODF Text Document (*.odt) and NOT Word 2007-365 (*.docx)