On Sunday September 16 2007 01:09 pm, Peter Houghton wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I am not very technical but have been a happy OpenOffice use for a
> number of years. I thought I should look to see if there is a later
> version that I should be using and there is. But before I upgrade I
> would like to know if my settings can be preserved and my data saved and
> continue to be used, mainly documents and spreadsheets? I looked at the
> OpenOffice web site and tried the self help, I could only find an entry
> that said settings can be saved when upgrading from 1.0 to 1.1 and
> nothing about data.
>
> I run Microsoft XP Professional Edition with SP 2 and OpenOffice 1.0.
>
> If anyone can help I would be really grateful.
>
> Thank you
>
> Peter
Download OpenOffice.org (OOo) and install it. It will install in its
own directory. It should also detect the settings you have in 1.0 and
apply them to 2.2.1. (At least it has detected my 1.1.4 settings and used
them.)
The file format has been changed for OOo beginning with 2.0.0. It is
similar to the file format of 1.0, but there are enough differences that
your 1.0 version will not read the new format. All version of OOo
including 2.0 and later will read and write to the 1.0 version's formats.
What I would recommend is that you install 2.2.1 or 2.3.0 if it is
available (it is coming very soon). Then as you open each file for
editing, save it in the new format.
Dan
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