2009/10/17 Sylvia Sánchez <[email protected]>: > 2009/10/14 Helene Bigler > >> Dear Support Team: >> I am absolutely petrified to change from Word / Excel on Vista to your open >> office. However, even though I purchased my computer with Windows Word / >> Excel already installed about a year ago, it seems it has decided my >> 'license' is no good and unless I spend some $300 + I can't use it without >> going thru a rigmarole of tabs, pop-ups and other assorted garbage to access >> it! >> Thus.....YOU were recommended to me. >> Can I keep all the files I already have on this now non-licensed Word? >> Will downloading you simply 'transfer' my information to you? HELP! I >> don't want to loose anything - I am petrified! >> If I go into remove files to remove Windows Word/Excel will I do. . . >> what? Damage my files? Loose info? ???? >> I can type, but I am not totally literate in computereze. >> Please advise me. >> Respectfully >> Helene Bigler >> Marysville, WA >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> > > If you want, you can use opendocument format (native format of OpenOffice) > and export your documents in pdf format when you want share them with others > who doesn't use OpenOffice. > The last MS Office version acept opendocument formats, anyway. > I export my documents in pdf and have no problem.
I was going to mention that but somehow I forgot to do that… Yes, PDF export works great with OpenOffice.org. I have had no issues with it at all so far. The PDF always looks exactly like the original ODF file. However, if the person who receives the file wants to edit it, PDF isn't a very good idea in most cases. J.R. > > > Regards > Sylvia > > > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
