barry watkins wrote:
Follow--up: Today I reinstalled version 1.1.5. With that version, the problem
described below does not occur. I can save documents as Word or Excel
documents and they are indicated as such. The problem described below occurs
with Open Office version 2.1. I uninstalled 2.1 and reinstalled it, but the
problem is still there.
I am using Windows XP with a 2-month old HP Pavilion Entertainment PC. Thanks
for your help.
----- Original Message -----
From: barry watkins
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 8:15 PM
Subject: saving and emailing documents
Previously, when I used OpenOffice, I could save documents as Word or Excel documents,
and, when I emailed them, they could be opened by Microsoft Office users. Also, the
documents would be saved, and indicatd as such, as Word and Excel documents. Presently,
this does not occur. The saved document is indicated as a "File" document, and
users of Office cannot open them. These documents are received as .dat documents that
apparently cannot be opened by Office users. What is going on?
Make sure when you Save As the document
(a) you choose the correct format, *probably* "Microsoft Word
97/2000/XP(.doc)" *and*
(b) that you select "automatic file name extension".
This works on both 2.0.4 and 2.1 on Win XP Pro/SP2.
Saving just as ".doc" is ***not*** sufficient.
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Harold Fuchs
London, England
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