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List:       openoffice-users
Subject:    Re: [users] Opening a document in Word
From:       Alan Frayer <afrayer () frayernet ! com>
Date:       2003-11-30 2:50:14
Message-ID: 1070160613.2802.2.camel () localhost ! localdomain
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Please note that users@openoffice.org is a mailing list and the best 
email address you can use when you have a users problem or question 
about OpenOffice.org.

However please note that it is a moderated email list and most replies
*only* go to the mailing list so you should really consider sending an
email to users-subscribe@openoffice.org.

Gaye, since you weren't a member of the list when you posted your
question, and Matt Needles was helpful with a reply, I thought I might
repost his comments so you could see them, but remember, if you aren't a
member of the list, you won't see other useful comments from members.

On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 18:40, Matt Needles wrote:
> Gaye Laing wrote:
> 
> >I have tried several times now to save or open a document as a word
> >document but the people receiving them can't open them.  What am I doing
> >wrong?
> >
> >
> >G. Laing
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> By default, OpenOffice.org saves in its own format.  To change this, you 
> must either use the Save As... dialog (File->Save As), and choose MS 
> Word 97/2000/XP format, or go to Tools->Options, click 
> Load/Save->General, and in the Standard file format section, choose the 
> desired format for loading/saving each kind of document, then in the 
> tree on left side, select Microsoft Office, tick all the options in the 
> L and S columns, click Ok, and you can now automatically load and save 
> in MS format by default.
> 
> Note: MS format does not support all of OpenOffice.org's features, and 
> vice versa.  Also, OpenOffice.org's file format is vastly more efficient 
> and recoverable in case of error.  Persistent use of MS format is not 
> recommended. :-)

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