2009/5/28 Fernando Aguirre <[email protected]>
> Hi there,
>
> And thank you very much for your help and advices.
>
> What I meant is my writer does not save the documents in any program that
> itself can open:
> I tried to save documents as ".odt" as well as ".doc" but unfortunately
> they
> are saved under an extension
> (right now i'm not at my place, and I don't remember the extension) that
> only Word Pad can open in my own PC.
> I have not tried to send any files to anybody.
>
> I've been using the previous versions of Writer and this problem only
> appeared using the last one.
>
> What I can do?
>
>
When you installed OpenOffice.org you were asked whether you wanted Open
Document format of MS Office format as the default.
If you said Open Document format then a simple "Save" will save the document
in that format *regardless* of an ".xxx" you enter manually as part of the
name. To save in MS Word format you need to :
go to File>Save As
choose the relevant MS Office version from the drop-down list of available
file types
tick/check the "automatic filename extension" box.
click Save
Do *not* enter the ".doc" as part of the name you type.
If, on the other hand, you said MS Office format then a simple "Save" will
save the document in MS format *regardless* of an ".xxx" you enter manually.
To save in OpenOffice format you need to Save As, choose Open Office format
and tick/check the "automatic filename extension" box.
You should *never* enter the extension (".xxx") yourself. Saving the file by
entering ".doc" (or ."odt"as) the last part of its name is **not**
sufficient.
--
Harold Fuchs
London, England
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