Re: [users] Using OOo for Word Docs

2011-01-08 Thread Harold Hauge
Questions should include the version of OOo and the operating system version you are running. If you are using a version of Windows the confusion may be caused by the extension of the file you are working with. In windows the default is to hide the extension of unknown files so your file may

Re: [users] Using OOo for Word Docs

2011-01-08 Thread Barbara Duprey
Peter (bpru...@aol.com) is not subscribed and probably did not see this excellent response -- you might want to copy him. On 1/8/2011 12:46 PM, Harold Hauge wrote: Questions should include the version of OOo and the operating system version you are running. If you are using a version of

[users] Using OOo for Word Docs

2011-01-07 Thread BPRUOPP
I may be missing something very basic, but how can I use Open Office Writer to edit Word documents?? I looked at several pages in OO instructions but do not see what I need. Help? Peter

Re: [users] Using OOo for Word Docs

2011-01-07 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hello Peter, 2011/1/6 bpru...@aol.com: I may be missing something very basic, but how can I use Open Office Writer  to edit Word documents?? It's quite easy. Start OpenOffice.org and click then on File Open and select the file, that you want to edit. When you're done with your edits, don't

Re: [users] Using OOo for Word Docs

2011-01-07 Thread Dan Lewis
On Thu, 2011-01-06 at 11:26 -0500, bpru...@aol.com wrote: I may be missing something very basic, but how can I use Open Office Writer to edit Word documents?? I looked at several pages in OO instructions but do not see what I need. Help? Peter Just open the Word document in