diff -u -r -N -x CVS -x WIN32_20.1_i386_DBG -x WIN32_20.1_i386_OBJ --minimal abi.org/src/wp/impexp/xp/ie_imp_AbiWord_1.cpp abi/src/wp/impexp/xp/ie_imp_AbiWord_1.cpp
--- abi.org/src/wp/impexp/xp/ie_imp_AbiWord_1.cpp	Thu Jan 27 01:22:46 2000
+++ abi/src/wp/impexp/xp/ie_imp_AbiWord_1.cpp	Mon Feb 14 16:06:18 2000
@@ -97,6 +97,15 @@
 		size_t len = _readBytes(buf, sizeof(buf));
 		done = (len < sizeof(buf));
 
+#if 1
+        // TODO - remove this then not needed anymore. In ver 0.7.7 and erlier, AbiWord export inserted 
+        // chars below 0x20. Most of these are invalid XML and can't be imported.
+        // See bug #762.
+        for( int n1 = 0; n1 < len; n1++ )
+	        if( buf[n1] >= 0x00 && buf[n1] < 0x20 && buf[n1] != 0x09 && buf[n1] != 0x0a && buf[n1] != 0x0d )
+		        buf[n1] = 0x0d;
+#endif
+
 		if (!XML_Parse(parser, buf, len, done)) 
 		{
 			UT_DEBUGMSG(("%s at line %d\n",