Hi :) Tools - Options - +Load/Save - General
Change the middle option "Odf format version" from "1.2 (Extended)" to the older "1.0/1.1". This sets the ODF formats to the ones used by MS Office 2007 & 2010. Hopefully they will start using the newer formats in their next versions. However,if you want to be compatible with MS Office 2003 and earlier then it's also worth changing the 2 drop-downs at the bottom of the same page 1. "Text document" from "ODF Text document" to "Microsoft Word (98/2000/Xp)" Just roll back upwards one place in that 2nd drop-down. 2. Change that 1st drop-down to "Spreadsheet" and the 2nd back up the list 2 places (avoiding the templates options" to set it as "Microsoft Excel (98/2000/Xp)" 3. "Presentations" to "Microsoft Powerpoint (98/2000/Xp)" (2 places again) There are other options in the Options pop-up box that might be worth exploring but those are the main 4 things to change. Calc uses slightly different formats for displaying the formulas but if you save in Calc and then open in Excel each program show the correct formula for itself although appear to look slightly different on the screen. Most people wont notice because it all just magically works. There are some "Getting Started" guides http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/ and it is also worth installing the help-pack for your language alongside the main install. A good initial deployment strategy might be to keep MS Office on all machines so that people can stay with familiar systems when they are against a sharp dead-line but can use LibreOffice when they are in less of a rush. Perhaps a 3rd of machines could have LibreOffice as the default Suite but with MS Office available from the right-click "Open with ..." menu. The rest of the machines could use the default for installing LibreOffice which is to leave MS Office as the default with LibreOffice available from the same right-click menu to "Open with ..". When you install LibreOffice on the last screen, the one with the "Finish" button rather than "Next" there are about 3 tick-boxes that allow you to set LibreOffice as the dfault Suite. As i just said i think those are unticked by default. Both Suites co-operate when using the older formats of the other. Using the newer formats usually works but not always quite so reliably. Good luck and regards from Tom :) ________________________________ From: Dries Feys <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 6 July, 2011 11:06:33 Subject: [libreoffice-users] default save as ms office format Hello, We're trying to deploy libreoffice to our users, and want to set the default document format to the office formats. Some users still use ms office, and so the default file format must remain ms-compatible. Is there a way to give a command line switch upon installation to set this preference? eg for default opening with LibO is /msoreg=1 Met vriendelijke groeten, Cordialement, Regards, DRIES FEYS ICT • software development • senior software engineer **** DISCLAIMER **** http://www.tvh.com/newen2/emaildisclaimer/default.html "This message is delivered to all addressees subject to the conditions set forth in the attached disclaimer, which is an integral part of this message." -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] In case of problems unsubscribing, write to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] In case of problems unsubscribing, write to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
