On Thursday, November 02, 2006 6:07 PM [GMT+1=CET], Eusevio Arias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Mr or Ms, > > I tried to send OOo ans an attachment and it failed to open in MS > Word 2003. I did saved it as a Windows document (in save as dialog > box)and it > failed to open when I clicked on the document to open it. I going to > assume that the person at the other end (a business) does not have > OOo. > > I sent it as an attachment with out saving it in Windows and it failed > to open, when I clicked on it in either OOo or MS Word. > > So what happened, and what am I doing wrong? <snip> 1. When you say you saved the file as a Windows document, what really do you mean? What you need to do is use the File>Save As menu; make sure that the "Save as type:" is set to "Microsoft Word 97/200/XP (.doc)" and that the box labelled "Automatic file name extension" is ticked. Simply saving the file with ".doc" at the end of the name is *not* sufficient. If you do this then the document will be readable by MS Word. 2. When you sent the document as an attachment without saving it, what exactly do you mean? What you need to do is use the File>Send>E-mail as Microsoft Word ... menu. If you don't do this, then even if you named the document with ".doc" at the end it will not be readable by MS Word. Harold Fuchs London, England --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
