Sheila Hubbell wrote: > I was so happy to learn about OpenOffice. I read the comments of many people > that have used it, and everyone seemed to be very impressed with the program. > Everything I read said it was compatable with MicroSoft Office, and > honestly, if it hadn't been, it would have been totally worthless to our > business. I downloaded OpenOffice and tried to send files, emails, letters, > etc., to computers with Microsoft Office installed, and they kept getting the > message that they couldn't open or read what I sent because they didn't have > OpenOffice installed on their computer. > > Can you please tell me what's wrong? We're in quite a hurry to get this > working. > >
By default, OpenOffice saves files in the ISO standard Open Document Formats (ODF), which Microsoft Office doesn't understand. You'll have to save in Microsoft Office formats (.DOC, .XLS etc). You can do this when you use "Save as", by selecting the appropriate file type, from the drop down list. Also, ensure automatic file name extenstion is enabled. Another way is to email directly from OpenOffice, by clicking on File > Send > E-mail as Microsoft Word etc. You can also suggest they install OpenOffice or the Sun ODF plugin, which adds ODF support to Microsoft Office. Sun ODF Plugin: http://www.sun.com/software/star/odf_plugin -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
