On Friday, October 20, 2006 5:18 AM [GMT+1=CET], john d. herron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sarah McChesney wrote: >> Hi I am using Open Office 2.0 and have not been able to send a file >> as an attachment. My mail recipient was not able to open the >> attachment from Writer because he was using Word. Am I doing >> something wrong? The two programs are considered to be fully >> compatible. Will >> > Instead of (or in addition to) saving your document in OpenOffice > format, you should save it in Micro$soft Word format (.doc) as well; > your mail recipient should then have no problem opening the document > in his M$ application. > I'm cc-ing to your mail address since you do not seem to be a list > subscriber > HTH > jdh John - you didn't cc the OP; please forward this to her. Sarah - You don't need to save the .doc version. You can do File>Send>e-mail as Microsoft Word. This will send the document in MS Word format but will not leave a copy in that format on your computer - unless you keep "sent" e-mails of course in which case the attachment will be kept with the e-mail. Harold Fuchs London, England --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
