george curran wrote:
Sir, I have just converted my original Microsoft x-cel and word files to your open office system. Whilst the transfer was successful I note I can only access the files by checking on "all files" Can you advise in which format I can save the original x-cel and word docs so that I do not have to open everything to find a specific file.THANKS FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE G A CURRAN
Hi, George. If the files were opened in OpenOffice.org, and saved using the normal Save option, they should still be in their Office formats. Normally, the Word files would have an extension of .doc or .docx, and the Excel files would be .xls or .xlsx. If you used File > Save As, and told OOo to use its own format (the first one listed) they would now be .odt or .ods, respectively (always assuming that you have the automatic file extension option selected -- it should be). In the File > Open dialog, you should be able to use the list box options to find the appropriate file type (for example, the Text documents types for Writer) and restrict the file list to the ones you want. It sounds as if you're letting Windows hide the file extensions for known file types; I'd recommend changing your folder options so they are shown, it might make things easier for you. Among other things, you can sort by file type to group like extensions together, even in an "all files" list.
Hope this helps -- if not, we need some more information about exactly what steps you've taken, and how you are trying to open the files.
By the way, you're using a mailing list here, and OOo is as much "your" open office system as "ours." We're just other users who volunteer some of our time to help answer questions, and ask our own questions for others to answer.
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