That should do it. The uninstall/reinstall should make the bottom of the
"Save As" dialog look like the attached picture when you select the Word
format for XP. The behavior you are seeing is exactly what I would
expect if the checkbox for the automatic filename extension option
accidentally got cleared (I think it is on by default), but I guess it
could also happen if your installation of OOo got corrupted in a very
strange way. By the way, it's not "my" website -- I'm just one of
thousands of OOo users who try to help each other out.
rudolph s. daldin wrote:
Hi Barbara
I removed Open Office from my computer programs and then downloaded
your Open Office program again from your website - I haven't had a
chance to test it but I will soon - if it works well this time I will
continue with it, if not I will have to consider other options. I will
let you know!
rudolph s. daldin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Duprey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "rudolph s. daldin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Open Office Users" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: [users] [moderated] Can't save as Word
What I got was a file named "Barbara Duprey" with no extension, which
opened just fine in Writer. Can't really tell from that if the
extension should have been .doc, but I'm guessing so. Anyway, it
definitely looks as if the extension is not being appended to the
file name. So either the option box for the automatic extension is
not checked, or something in your installation is corrupted and
keeping OOo from adding the extension.
rudolph s. daldin wrote:
This is what I wrote and saved in a Microsoft Word format.
Dear Barbara Duprey
Open Office
I have just completed a new download of the Latest Version of Open
Office.
I will now try to save this Open Office Writer document in a
Microsoft Word Document (doc) and e-mail the results to you.
Here goes!
Rudolph Daldin
Windsor, Ontario
March 12, 2008
----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Duprey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "rudolph s. daldin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Open Office Users"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:49 PM
Subject: Re: [users] [moderated] Can't save as Word
Hope somebody on the list can help. I've had the message you're
getting, but when I went ahead with the save it had the .doc
extension and was completely usable by the folks I sent it to. So
you're selecting the XP format, the automatic filename extension
option box is checked, and yet the file gets the .rtf extension,
and it can't be opened when you send it? Even if the extension
comes out as .rtf, that's a format that Word (and just about every
other word processing program) can open, although the quality may
not be too good. I sure have never seen anything like the behavior
you're describing.
Attachments to the list don't always get through (though your title
page .doc did get to me). You can try sending a file that you had
trouble with and see if we can help.
rudolph s. daldin wrote:
Dear Barbara
Thank you!
No, the Save As extension drop down menu is not the problem - it
invites a series of Microsoft Word save options, but when one of
these are used to save in doc, a window appears " This document
may contain Formatting or content that cannot be saved in MS
Word/200/xp file format.....
Click yes....
Click no....
The Open Office Writer document is then always saved in RTF File
which cannot be opened by my users.
Any advise?
rudolph s. daldin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Duprey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: [users] [moderated] Can't save as Word
rudolph s. daldin wrote:
Gentlemen
After using Open Office for a year or so, I am afraid that
unless you have information regarding my recent inability to
save my OO Writer documents "save as" Word (doc) I will be
forced to purchase the Microsoft Word Program software once
again. I have tried every "help" menu you offer but I can not
find out why this is now happening after a long period of being
able to use OO to save my documents in doc. I do not like
Microsoft and do not want to take this step but I have no
option. Can you save me from
Microsoft?
Rudolph S. Daldin
If your problem is that others no longer seem to be able to open
your documents, rather than that there is an error when you try
to save them, you have probably accidentally unchecked the
automatic filename extension option in the Save As dialog. If the
filenames no longer end with .doc, they are not being recognized
as Word documents.
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