Manuel Barros wrote:
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
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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..
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I am positive this is what he is doing. Going off topic here, but I am
curious as to why MS still has this antiquated file naming convention.
I know it served a purpose at one time, but does it still?
Michael
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