On 12/12/2007 16:51, Gary Gangwisch wrote:
dear sir/madam:
i would like to type a letter on a background, say flowers,
and save to documents. then later send an e-mail with this
attachment. i have tried several times e-mailing myself, i get back the letter
but no background.when i click on save
as, i title the doc. then there are 21 choices for type. could
you please tell me what type to save in? thank you for your
support. happy holidays, regards, gary.
Which version of OpenOffice are you using? Which version of which
Operating System are you using? Which e-mail program are you using? Are
you saving the document in OpenOffice format? Or Microsoft Word format?
Or Adobe Acrobat format? Or what? When you save the document, is the
little box labelled "Automatic file name extension" ticked? It should be.
Are you sending the document as an attachment or as part of the e-mail?
The latter is not recommended, especially with complex formats like
backgrounds - not complex to you perhaps but a very advanced feature for
e-mail messages. Many people's e-mail programs will block such messages
or not display them correctly.
When you do Save As, the default "type" is ODF (Open Document Format,
the internationally accepted standard document format that OpenOffice
uses but which MS Word can't read without additional software from a
non-Microsoft author). However, OpenOffice lets you save documents in
different formats depending on what you need to do. For example, if you
want to have the document professionally printed, the most commonly
accepted format is probably PDF. Other formats have their uses too.
Your e-mail program will allow any "type" of attachment to be *sent*.
However, any ISP used by any of the people to whom you send the document
might block any type of attachment depending on that ISP's policy. In
addition, your recipients' individual security policies may also block
different formats. However, OpenOffice format (.odf), Microsoft Word
format (.doc) and Adobe Acrobat format (.pdf) should all be acceptable
in this context.
--
Harold Fuchs
London, England
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