Yes OpenOffice is compatible with the .doc format, however some formating might suffer some interpretation program. OpenOffice also include a wizard to convert all your .doc into native ODT file format.
On 5/6/14, B P <barrymphill...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Dear Dev, > I would like to try the open office.org word processing program but all my > documents from my old PC are Word documents. Will this program allow me to > open these old documents, and will it be compatible with document that I > receive from outside sources.Thank you for any assistance you can give.Barry > Phillips -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor 882C 4389 3C27 E8DF 41B9 5C4C 1DB7 9D1C 7F4C 2614 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org