Dear Sir
I have been using Microsoft Word 2000 to transcribe historical documents for a University archive. To date, about 6000 are 'in the bag'. Today, thinking that OpenOffice.org 1.1.x could be a complimentary word processing programme, I downloaded it and had a look at what it can do. I saw that I could still open my MS Word documents. I chose a trivial one and it opened as an OpenOffice document. I changed it slightly and went to see if the original MS Word document contained the same alteration. I was surprised to find that the MS Word document opened as an OpenOffice text document and that all of my MS Word 2000 documents now open as OpenOffice text documents. I do not know how to revert back to MS Word format.
I would like to be able to change from the MS Office Word format to the OpenOffice text document format, and back again. Is it possible to do that, or am I now stuck with the OpenOffice format ?
The OpenOffice.org programme appears to be very good. I like it and I am sure that I will get used to it without too much hassle, but the ability to easily alternate between it and MS Word 2000 would be a bonus.
The HELP section appears to be very large and comprehensive. Perhaps the answer to my problem is there, but it will take me ages to digest and understand it, and I should be spending my time transcribing my documents.
So, can I change from MS Word format to OpenOffice text format, and back again ? Your advice will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Brian Gargate Durham County UK
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