Re: problem with .docx
2015-02-01 15:05 GMT+01:00 martin i...@aromamedical.org: I am just setting up a computer running windows 7 64 bit. I was hoping to not have to load my old version of MS office at all, but I can't seem to save to a .docx file in Open Office as it is not in the drop down list. Do I have to save an old .doc in another format and then convert to .docx or what? Regards Martin Watt Martin, which version of OpenOffice are you using ? Surely one can save a document one has created as a .docx file in the latest, 4.1.1 version ?... Henri
RE: problem with .docx
Martin, Apache OpenOffice does not export to OOXML formats (including Microsoft Office .docx, .xlsx, and .pptx forms of OOXML). There is only provision for saving to the older formats (.doc, .xls, .ppt). Current versions of LibreOffice do support export as well as import And that might work for your needs to interchange using the OOXML- based Office formats. Either way, I recommend running side-by-side with Microsoft Office until you are satisfied that there is adequate fidelity and feature preservation when you need to employ Microsoft Office formats. -- replying to -- From: martin [mailto:i...@aromamedical.org] Sent: Sunday, February 1, 2015 06:06 To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: problem with .docx I am just setting up a computer running windows 7 64 bit. I was hoping to not have to load my old version of MS office at all, but I can't seem to save to a .docx file in Open Office as it is not in the drop down list. Do I have to save an old .doc in another format and then convert to .docx or what? Regards Martin Watt - Dennis PS: You have reached a public mailing list on which volunteers contribute to questions from other users like themselves. For any follow-up, please reply to users@openoffice.apache.org where expert users can offer further advice and others can learn the solutions others have found. Advisors on this list do not promise to respond to questions sent directly to their email addresses. To observe questions and solutions posted to the list, you are welcome to subscribe to users@openoffice.apache.org by sending an e-mail with any subject to users-subscr...@openoffice.apache.org from the mail account where you wish to receive posts made to the list. The OpenOffice Forums have an extensive knowledge base at https://forum.openoffice.org/ that you can browse through as well. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: problem with .docx
On 02/01/2015 09:05 AM, martin wrote: I am just setting up a computer running windows 7 64 bit. I was hoping to not have to load my old version of MS office at all, but I can't seem to save to a .docx file in Open Office as it is not in the drop down list. Do I have to save an old .doc in another format and then convert to .docx or what? Regards Martin Watt I'm pretty sure that anything that can read docx can read doc 1997, which is pretty much a standard. No reason to convert to docx. Alternatively, you could use the products from Softmaker Office, either the free or the paid, and that will read and write docx with no problem. (I have no pecuniary interest in Softmaker.) --doug - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: problem with .docx
Hi Martin, martin schrieb: I am just setting up a computer running windows 7 64 bit. I was hoping to not have to load my old version of MS office at all, but I can't seem to save to a .docx file in Open Office as it is not in the drop down list. Do I have to save an old .doc in another format and then convert to .docx or what? Apache Open Office hasn't got an export filter to .docx. Why do you need such? If the recipient owns a new MS Office, it can read .odt files. If the recipient has an old MS Office, you should use .doc. For your own purpose you should always use .odt and only convert on demand, if a recipient forces you to use another file format. The office suites have differences in their capabilities, which prevent, that the .odt and .docx formats are 100% convertible to each other. So there is always a risc in converting. LibreOffice has got .docx export filters via www.osb-alliance.de. Maybe you install LibreOffice in addition. Or you install MS Office. If you have got a valid license already, what is the problem? Kind regards Regina - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
