Trista Curtiss wrote: > Hi, > I downloaded Open Office onto my laptop because the Microsoft Office > installed is a trial version. I'm running into a compatability problem. I > work on my laptop doing notes and papers for school and save them to a > flashdrive. I then insert my flashdrive into my desktop computer to print > things out. Microsoft Word installed on my desktop will not open my files. > It does not recognize the format. I had to install Open Office on my desktop > so that I could print my papers. When I researched this program, it said > that it would be compatible with any other program. Is this not so? I can't > share files with classmates, because they might not be able to open them. > Am I doing something wrong or is it not compatible? > > Thanks, > Trista > OpenOffice, by default, saves in the ISO standard ODF file formats, which Microsoft refuses to support. To open your documents in Microsoft Office, you'll have to save in Microsoft file formats. To do this, when you use "Save as", select the appropriate file format from the drop down list. Also ensure that automatic file name extension has been selected. You might also suggest the people receiving your documents install OpenOffice or the Sun ODF plug-in, which will enable Microsoft Office to read and write ODF documents. http://www.sun.com/software/star/odf_plugin
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