On Friday 21 December 2007 11:52:43 Bearer of Good News wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have downloaded Open Office Suite into you computer and made a Write
> Document........but when I TRIED TO OPEN THAT FROM MY THUMB DRIVE ONTO A
> MICROSOFT PLATFORM, it would NOT OPEN!
>
> Please tell me how to use the system so that it is compatible in other
> Microsoft Systems.....otherwise there is not any purpose for me to use Open
> Office?????????????
>
> Help! ASAP
>
> Thanks,
>
> Les
One of two things happened when you saved the Writer document.
1) You saved the file in OpenOffice.org's native file format which is an ISO
standard. Microsoft will not read this ISO standard format, so you have to
save the file in a form that MS Word will understand.
2) When you saved the file, the box labeled Automatic file name extension was
not checked. (It is at the bottom of the Save As window.)
Solutions:
Open the Writer document using OpenOffice.org. Use File > Save As to save
the document in an MS Word format. In the Save As window, change the File
type drop down list from OpenDocument Format (.odt) to Microsoft Word
97/2000/XP (.doc). Then click save. Also make sure that the box labeled
Automatic file name extension is checked.
Dan
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