[snip] > > > > > 1/ Losing formatting, bullets, tables and paragraph numbers when changing > from 'Word' to Open Office
> > 2/ Losing formatting, bullets, table and paragraph numbers when changing > from Open Office to 'Word' The conversion from Word to OpenOffice and viceversa is good but not perfect and paragraph numbers are often victims of the conversion and so is the more complex formatting. Keep in mind that the worst thing you can do is to convert to OOo then to MS then to OOo again ... This really kills the documents: try to convert only once. If you need to convert your documents in an universal format for distribution, just go for pdf. If you need the recipients to edit the documents then you can a) ask them to use OpenOffice (which is free) b) ask them to download the plugin for MS Word allowing to open OpenOffice.org documents in their native format c) inform the recipients that the MS Word file has been generated with OpenOffice.org and that therefore there may be some issues. In my experience clients are not expected to edit documents, so I guess you are referring to intermediate documents where the formatting is not essential. > > > 3/ How does one assign a key stroke to a custom macro? Tools > Customize. Go to the Keyboard page, then select the key combination, and in the bottom part of the dialog select OpenOffice.org Macro (bottom of the list), then the macro and press the "assign" button. > > > 4/ Stability problem-when moving the cursor up the page the document moves > up at the same time .... not sure I understood this one > > > 5/ Is there a 'stable' version of Open Office available at the time of > paying one's fees? > > 6/ We are forced to change Open Office Writer documents back into 'Word' > where our clients are still using Microsoft exclusively See reply to 2/: use pdf! In case the clients want to edit the document you are right, but this is not the norm. Cheers, Michele
