Hi again I seem to have wasted your time guys. Sorry. I have been working in Master Document format thinking this was the version that supported all the file formats. I see that it's the Text Document that supports the full list. In my head Text is basic text format.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Kupfer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 7:54 AM Subject: Re: [qa-dev] Wordprocessor saving files for MS Word format > Garth Kay-Hards wrote: > > Hi > > I am using OpenOffice.org 1.1.3 on both Windows 98 and in Linux Mandrake 10.1 and I can't understand why the option to save a document in the Word Processor does not automatically allow all the format options when you use Save As. > > The initial empty document screen allows all the formats but when I've been working on a document and retrieve it I find that the next save format options "exclude" the MS Word formats etc. > > I'm finding that I have to select the whole document and copy it into the initial blank page so I can save it in MS Word format. This is crazy!! > > Can the program be forced to always include the full list or is this a bug? > > I am trying to pursuade our church office to swing away from the MicroSoft systems onto open source and it is very necessary to have all the formats available all the time so that a mixed network environment (Windows / Linux) can share documents easily and without fiddling. > > Thanks > > Garth Kay-Hards > > Pietermaritzburg > > South Africa > > > > > Did you try scrolling up in the file format box? > > -- > Peter Kupfer > OOo user since 'OO4 > http://peschtra.tripod.com/open_office/ooo_front.htm > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
