On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 09:48:13 -, Tom Boyde t...@boyde.com wrote:
Having installed OpenOffice 4.1 on several computers which already had a
version of MSWORD installed, I find
1] Microsoft Word is no longer usable on each of those computers, in fact
seems to have been uninstalled.
word is still on your computer, but the '.doc' files are now opened with with
openoffice, most probably because you have chosen to make such an association
during the installation process.
to open a '.doc' file with word, either:
(1) right-click the file and choose word from the 'open with' list
or
(2) launch word from the start menu and make use of the 'file - open' menu item
or an analogous item on the ribbon.
if you want to restore the association of the '.doc' files with word, choose
'other program' (or similar; my windows is not in english), select word and
tick the 'use this program by default' option.
2] A document opened and edited in OpenOffice, then transferred to another
computer on which is installed MSWORD, can not be opened in MSWORD.
most likely, you have saved the file as '.odt' rather than '.doc'. word can
open the '.odt' files only if the appropriate plugin is installed.
to save as '.doc', choose 'microsoft word 97/200/xp (.doc)' from the drop-down
list in the 'file - save as' dialogue.
to set '.doc' as the default format, choose the same from the 'tools - options
- load/save - general - always save as' list with 'text document' in the
'document type' list.
I wish
to have access to both word-processing programmes on the same computers and to
convert documents from one to the other at will.
now you can see that it is posible. however, the more times you transfer from
one program to another, the grater is the chance to get an error. you should
remember that microsoft does not publish the '.doc' format's specification, and
it is therefore impossible to follow that specification exactly. it is a good
practice to keep backups of important files somewhere to prevent data loss.
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