Hi :) Yes, to both the last 2 questions. I'm fairly sure you can just double-click on a .dot to open it in LibreOffice and then File - "Save as Template"
However it is likely to be a good idea to start afresh and create a new template using .ott from the start. MS formats tend to be riddled with strange code and other junk and that has probably been added to over the years as the template has been used in many different versions of MSO. Regards from Tom :) On 23 April 2014 02:01, Tim Lloyd <[email protected]> wrote: > Sort of getting off topic here :) > > My understanding is that Herman has a template created for MS Word. He > wants to use this template in LO and therefore needs to convert it into the > format LO uses. > > > It was designed for Office 97 to 2000 and only works on certain computers >>>> with Office 2007/2010 as a plug-in. >>>> >>> > > > Firstly can MS Word template be converted to an LO format? Does Herman > have to start from scratch? > > Cheers > > On 23/04/14 08:53, anne-ology wrote: > >> I do NOT appreciate being mis-quoted; >> I was responding to that Urmas who made the inane MSFT >> comments. >> >> If you were to read the whole bit, ... ... ... >> but I guess that goes against common sense :-( >> >> Out of the 2 sentences below, the first is part of my initial >> response to the initial questioner; >> the second is part of the response by that Urmas. >> >> >> >> From: pete nikolic <[email protected]> >> Date: Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 4:03 PM >> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: CONVERTING A MICROSOFT TEMPLATE TO BE >> USED WITH LIBRE OFFICE >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 01:06:14 +0700 >> "Urmas" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> "anne-ology" >>> MSFT has been/is making their system(s) incompatible with others >>> in >>> order to reap a higher profit-margin ;-( >>> >>> >> >> For the last 23 years Microsoft Office has changed its format TWICE. >>> Meanwhile, Libreoffice cannot open its own documents from 2001. >>> >>> >>> >>> You again >> >> Darn M$ Corp shill talking trash as per usual . >> >> >> pete >> >> > > -- > To unsubscribe 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 > -- To unsubscribe 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
