2008/2/22, Andrew McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > any document currently i have on my laptop.....only ones that i saved > using the openoffice program > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 2:09 AM, Andrew McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > .doc > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Guy Voets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > 2008/2/13, Andrew McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > when i try to open a doc file it has a error.. i can open the > > > program and do > > > > a new docment and save it but i can't open any other files that i > > > have on my > > > > computer... > > > > > > > > can u help > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Andrew McConnel > > > > > > > > > > Hello Andrew, > > > > > > With what program those documents were made? What are the extensions > > > of these files (last 3 letters, or what there is after a .) > > > OpenOffice.org can read several types of documents... > > > > > > -- > > > Guy > > > > > Andrew,
If I understand correctly, you make a new file with OpenOffice.org, save it as MS Word doc, and when you try to open it again, you can't do so? The only way I can reproduce this (be it on a Mac) is that I save a doc in Word format, but without the .doc extension. Then my computer asks with which program to open it (even then: if I indicate OOo, the file opens without problem). In all other cases (odt format with .doc extension, without extension, doc with doc extension) OOo knows what to do. When you save a document, you select the file format you want (odt, doc,...) and it is best to have the automatic filename extension activated (tick the box at bottom right). "It's a mystery to me..." -- Guy using dutch OOo 2.3 m221 on a iMac Intel DualCore Tiger and brazilian OOo SRC 680 m241 on an Intel MacBook Pro Leopard -- please reply only to [email protected] -- Dodoes can't afford to have headaches
