On Tuesday, January 23, 2007 10:51 AM [GMT+1=CET],
Judi Doornbos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi
I have just bought OpenOffice 2.0 from Dick Smith to replace Microsoft
Office 2000. I want to uninstall Office 2000 as it is creating
problems. I have skimmed the Guide, particularly relating to Writer-
the function I use most- and am very impressed and keen to start
using it.
However what I have not found (or have missed) in the guide is how to
convert all my existing documents etc to OpenOffice format.
I am also not sure whether I should uninstall Office 2000 and then
install OpenOffice or vice versa.
Your advise would be greatly appreciated.
Judi
You don't need to convert any documents. OpenOffice will happily open almost
all MS Office documents. You may find some peculiarities with very complex
documents not looking quite the same as they did in Word but it's quite
rare.
When you installed OpenOffice you were offered the choice of making it the
"default" program for .doc (Word), .xls (Excel) and .ppt (Powerpoint)files.
If you said yes to that then double clicking a Word document will open it in
Writer.
If you said no then:
Right click a Word document. Choose "Open with". Choose OpenOffice from the
list of suggestions. If Openoffice isn't in the list, use the Browse button
to find it ("soffice.exe" in the "program" folder within whichever folder
you installed OO). If you like you can make this permanent by selecting the
"Always use this program" box before clicking OK.
The same applies for Excel and for Powerpoint files. Just tell Windows to
open them with OpenOffice.
The only thing you have to watch is that although OO can open MS documents,
the converse is not true. So, if you want to send documents you have made
with OO to MS users you must use "Save as" or "Send as" and then choose Word
or Excel or ... format.
Harold Fuchs
London, England
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