On Thursday 21 July 2005 10:09 pm, Daniel Koch wrote:
> I recently installed Open Office (no version # on disc) on my
> Virtual PC - Windows 98 (The host is an E-Mac running OS 10.3
> Panther). This was a virgin disk purchased directly from Titan Media.
> It works as advertised EXCEPT that when I export (e-mail) a document
> out of Writer to another PC, it opens up in Word as unreadable
> goobledegook. I can import Word documents, open and edit them, I just
> can't send them in the other direction. As an experiment, I dragged
> and dropped a Writer document onto Word Pad on my Windows 98 desktop,
> and it opened up with the exact same computer language I get when I
> export to another PC. Documents in Word Pad export just fine, so It
> isn't the Virtual PC thing. What gives? Any and all help would be
> greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Dan Koch
Suggestion: first save your document using the Word format. (Make
sure the file type is *.doc, and there are three choices for this.)
Then you can email the *.doc file to whomever has MS Office or Word
Pad.
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