for me,no problem with doc but sometimes faced problem with docx.avoiding it now
On 8 August 2011 19:32, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi :) > Perhaps give them the link to download LibreOffice and let them know it > reads a > wider range of formats and is more compatible with a wider range of other > programs. Word 2010 is not always compatible with Word 2007 let alone Word > 2003. > > Are you sure you are saving as Doc rather than DocX? The DocX used by > default > in MS Office 2007 & 2010 is not able to be read on earlier versions of MS > Office > without installing extra an extra patch. Do they have problems opening > documents from anyone else or do they keep quiet about that? Again it > would be > a good reason for upgrading to LibreOffice because it can read both. > > > In LibreOffice or OpenOffice choose to "Save As" "Word (97/2000/XP)" > (scroll > back up the list 1 place) rather than the default Word format. Or as > Graham > says use Rtf to avoid the whole issue. > > > At work i set the older MS Office formats as the default by going to > Tools - Options - Load/Save - General > Then down at the bottom use the 2 drop-downs to set > Text document = Microsoft Word (97/2000/XP) > Spreadsheet = Microsoft Excel (97/2000/XP) > Presentation = Microsoft Powerpoint (97/2000/XP) > For the last 2 it's 2 back up the list as 1 back is a template which is > well > worth avoiding. > > > On the same page about halfway up i tend to change "ODF format version" > right > back from "1.2 Extended (recommended)" to "1.0/1.1" because MS Office 2010 > & > 2007 can just about read those. I don't know why they haven't tried the > newer > spec, it's not exactly hidden or difficult or anything. I think the 1.2 > was not > around in 2007. Further down in the Writer section - Compatibility i tick > all > the boxes just as the extra finesse. > > > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Graham Mullan <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, 8 August, 2011 14:12:08 > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] doc-files > > On 08/08/2011 14:02, Heinrich Stoellinger wrote: > > Hello, > > I sometimes have to send files created under LO-Writer to people who use > > M$-Word. I then store them in .doc-format for sending. From time to time > > people tell me that they cannot open these files. Has anybody experienced > > this problem? > > Regards > > H. S. > > This is likely to be a consequence of the particular version of Word that > your > correspondents are using. A simple answer would be to save the documents in > .rtf > format instead. > > Graham > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: > [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > 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 > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > 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 > -- Dr soumalya ray <http://drsoumalya.blogspot.com> <[email protected]> MBBS,MD(PGT)C.Medicine,Ex-HousePhysician(Medicine) Skype: som3776 | Twitter: @docbkp <http://twitter.com/docbkp> -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ 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
