Re: Using Open office

2020-02-20 Thread Chuck Spalding
David, OpenOffice can read/modify/save files in DOC/XLS format. One can even set preferences to use those formats by default when creating files. I don't know why, but the OpenOffice community seems to strongly resist the use of DOC/XLS file formats instead of the "native" ODT/ODS formats.

Re: Using Open office

2020-02-20 Thread Drew Jensen
On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 7:06 AM David Hunt wrote: > I have started using Open Office on my HP PC, with Windows 10. > Sadly any document I send out can be read by other windows users, but I > phone and some I pads complain that all documents are scrambled or Zipped.? > > Any suggestions please. >

Re: Using Open office

2020-02-20 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 20/02/2020 14:22, David Hunt wrote: Thanks, will try, but previously pdf files could not be opened many more colleagues. Adobe Reader is available for all Operating Systems and it's free Thanks again Dave On 20 Feb 2020, at 13:11, Martin Groenescheij wrote:  On 20 Feb 2020, at

Re: Using Open office

2020-02-20 Thread Martin Groenescheij
> > On 20 Feb 2020, at 13:05, David Hunt wrote: > > I have started using Open Office on my HP PC, with Windows 10. > Sadly any document I send out can be read by other windows users, but I phone > and some I pads complain that all documents are scrambled or Zipped.? All OpenOffice files

Using Open office

2020-02-20 Thread David Hunt
I have started using Open Office on my HP PC, with Windows 10. Sadly any document I send out can be read by other windows users, but I phone and some I pads complain that all documents are scrambled or Zipped.? Any suggestions please. I do not have Microsoft Office any more, corrupted and