Ellie Kuykendall wrote: > Hi everyone. i don't know how to view answers on this list, so when I > sent for the messages, it only replied with titles and authors. I > wrote to someone who had posed a question, but it bounced back. > > So, here are my questions: > > 1. How do you view the answers to the questions if you're a new user? > 2. Problem with MS Word and OO > I have posed this question on the forums twice, and I have not had > a satisfactory answer. Nobody really has the answer. > > I am a writer. All my editors want docs in MS Word. I didn't know > when I downloaded OO that everything I wrote new would automatically > be saved as OO. And, when I try to open from the start menu my recent > docs or my docs, and then I click on it, it always opens with OO. I > have to go back to Word. I love OO, but I just can't keep wasting this > time.
You can save your files in Word format, by choosing it from the drop down list, when using Save as. Also, ensure automatic file name extension is selected. You can also made Word the default format, if you wish. This can be done by clicking on Tools > Load/Save > General. Near the bottom of that panel, you'll see two drop down boxes called "Document type" and "Always save as". Use those to select the default formats for the various document types. > > So, I want to go back to Word completely. If I uninstall OO, will it > delete all the documents that are now saved in OO, or will it leave > them as my original NS documents/ I had no idea that OO automatically > saved everything in it's format when I downloaded the program. You don't have to delete OpenOffice, as you can have both it and Microsoft Office on the same computer. Even if you do delete it, your documents will not be affected. > > > 3. If I can't just delete OO and have my documents remain as MS Word, > then what do I have to do? Someone suggested saving everything as MS > Word on a removable disc, then deleting OO, and then reinstalling > Word. But I don't have hundreds of hours to do to this. I have more > than 16 GB of documents! > If you wish to use only Microsoft Office, you have two options. 1) Resave the documents in Word format 2) Install the Sun ODF plugin, which adds ODF support to MS Office. Sun ODF Plugin: http://www.sun.com/software/star/odf_plugin > I hope all this is clear as mud. Thank you very much for your help. As I mentioned, you don't have to abandon OpenOffice. You only have to save the files in Word format, as I described above. Also, if you want to verify how the documents will look in Word, you can install the free Word viewer from Microsoft. Word 2007 Viewer and Compatibility Pack: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/CD102258581033.aspx After doing some of the above, you may find yourself with the wrong application as default for Microsoft Office file types. If so, just change the file associations to what you want, with these instructions. Changing file associations Right click on file icon Select Open With > Choose Program... Check "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" and choose the desired application. If that method is not available, follow the directions listed here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307859 -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
