Also, if you haven't already, check out the Open Office wiki: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Migration_Guide/Calc_and_Excel
M On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Mike C. Baker <kiheb...@hotmail.com>wrote: > ** > Linda, the straightforward approach is to procedurally enforce that the > Open Office users save to the desired Excel format. > > Respectfully, > Mike C. Baker > > *From:* Wilcox, Linda K <wilco...@alleganyco.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 17, 2011 3:01 PM > *To:* 'users@openoffice.org' > *Subject:* [users] > > Hello-**** > > ** ** > > I recently purchased two laptops for two of my staff. Our IT department > ordered them and I was unaware the computers had Open Office on them until > today. We purchased them in March 2011.**** > > ** ** > > I have a problem.**** > > ** ** > > Our office has 4 staff who should be able to utilize MS Excel. We have > various documentation on these spreadsheets and need them to be accessible > and able to be edited by all 4 staff.**** > > ** ** > > My secretary created a MS Excel spreadsheet and put it on our shared drive. > **** > > When the 2 staff with Open Office go to the shared drive and open the > worksheet they can view it and they can even edit the material within the > spreadsheet. This is great…except…when they edit the Excel spreadsheet > information it does NOT save it to the Excel spreadsheet but instead it > creates a whole new spreadsheet in Open Office.**** > > ** ** > > Is there anything I can do to fix this and make it possible for all of us > to view and edit the same worksheet regardless of the fact 2 have Open > Office and 2 have MS Office? > > Thank you for your time and assistance.**** > > ** ** > > Linda**** > > ** ** > > Linda K Wilcox/EIOD /Program Mgr/SC**** > > Allegany County Health Department**** > > Early Intervention Program**** > > 7 Court Street, Belmont, NY 14813**** > > 585-268-9767**** > > wilco...@alleganyco.com**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE**** > > This transmission, including any attachments, is for sole use of the > intended receipient(s) or entity named above and may contain confidential > and privileged infromation. If you receive this and are not the intended > recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, > unauthorized distribution or the taking of any action in reliance on the > contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this > transmission in error, please immediately contact the sender as indicated > above to arrange the proper handling of the information.**** > > ** ** > > > -- Martin du Saire Biological Sciences Technician USDA-ARS 470 Borlaug Hall 1991 Upper Buford Circle St. Paul, Minnesota 55108 612-625-9747 mdusa...@umn.edu -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
