Hello everybody. Dear user helpers, let's suppose that I use separate main files for odt and ods works and that I have been working on an xxx.ods file and then I have closed OOo application. If then I need to work on an xxx.odt file, when trying to open it, the files that will appear to be chosen will not be odt files but ods files, because ods was the type of file I have been working previously. Although I have separate files where I keep ods files and odt files, I think this happens because this is the philosophy of OOo itself, as I am not able to tell OOo writer to look for the odt main file when opening writer application. I think this is the problem that happens often with people who comes from Microsoft, because there you can "inform" Word program where to look for Word files. I know a little of OOo, and if someone tells me I am wrong and that there is a way to solve this matter, I would became a more happy user of OOo. Regards. Manuel Barros
-----Mensagem original----- De: Barbara Duprey [mailto:[email protected]] Enviada: sábado, 24 de Abril de 2010 01:29 Para: [email protected]; [email protected] Assunto: Re: [users] Saving files 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] Nenhum vírus encontrado nessa mensagem recebida. Verificado por AVG - www.avgbrasil.com.br Versão: 9.0.814 / Banco de dados de vírus: 271.1.1/2831 - Data de Lançamento: 04/23/10 19:31:00 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
