web kracked wrote:
Download the program
During the install, you are given the option to
associate a few MS Office file types with the
OOo programs. One is the .doc format.
This should open OOo when you double-click on the
.doc file. if not, you still can start the Writer program and
then open the Word File.
Just remember to save it as a word file when you are done editing.
You even have the choice of Word 98/2000/XP and Word 95.
Also, you can set any supported format as the default save format in
OpenOffice.org. In any OOo application, go to "Tools -> Options ->
Load/Save -> General" and you can set the default format for each
document type.
Just be aware that constantly saving and re-opening documents in a
non-native format may be more problematic than keeping your working
document in OOo's native Open Document format and doing the conversion
only at the start, or at the very end when you submit your final draft.
To be honest with you, if you really are REGUIRED to use
MS Word, there are places out there in Net-land that you
can get MS Office for a cheap price,
BUT OpenOffice.org is free and you cannot beat free.
Plus almost all of the document formatting needs for a
college environment is within OOo ability. The only real
trouble is when you need to use MS's database.
I have college degrees in 3 Computer fields and I wish
that Open Office was a round back in the 80's and 90's.
I have also asked the local college to offer OOo as a
alternative to those who do not have the money to get
the Academic version of MS's stuff
----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Hug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 1:29 AM
Subject: Re: [users] Interested client
With OpenOffice, you can save your documents in MS-Office format
(Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access). But MS programs do not read
OpenOffice documents saved in OO format. So if you download
OpenOffice (<http://www.openoffice.org/>) you will be able to create
or modify MS documents, but maybe you will not need them any more.
Marc H.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit :
I went to purchase Ms Windows and was told by the clerk there about
openoffice.org. I am attending graduate school online. I purchased
a new computer but unbeknownst to me, the .doc program and
Powerpoint that I have been using has been locked due to these
programs being offered to me on a trial basis. I am unable to
submit required documents because they have to be in .doc format
and powerpoint. Can you please tell me how I would go about
downloading the necessary programs to my computer from openoffice?
Waleisah Wilson
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