DispVM and Word/docx - no go

[Ryan Tate]

In Qubes 3.2 from a fedora 25 AppVM, when I try and open a docx (Word)
file via DispVM via the right-click menu, I just get a directory
listing inside the DispVM. Instead of opening the file with
LibreOffice it appears to unzip the file and show the underlying dir
structure. (The docx format is zipped.)

I have LibreOffice available to the app vm via the Fedora 25 template.
Is there somewhere else I need to put it to make it available to the
DispVM? Or is this a known/expected behavior for DispVM?

[Noor Christensen]

First of all, you need to make sure that LibreOffice is installed in
your DispVM.

Regenerate your DispVM image using that fedora-25 template you mentioned:

$ qvm-create-default-dvm fedora-25

When it has completed, try opening the document in a DispVM again.

-- noor

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[Ryan Tate]

Thank you. This fixed it perfectly. And I’ve become better acquainted with https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/dispvm-customization/
….which I probably should have found before!
:-)

Cheers!

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