On 07/04/2008, Bhambhani, Anil - EESL Electrical (HAZ) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I had prepared the attached file in open office word. I am not able to > open it in MS word. > > > > Pl help >
MS Office cannot read or write the ISO standard ODF (Open Document Format) files used by OpenOffice. There are several solutions. In order of preference: 1. Stop using MS Office and get your [e-mail] correspondents to switch to OpenOffice too. 2. Install Sun's ODF plugin for MS Office. Have your e-mail correspondents do this too. Free at "http://www.sun.com/software/star/odf_plugin/index.jsp";. It allows MS Office to read and write ODF documents. 3. From OpenOffice, export (or e-mail directly without exporting) your documents as PDF files which almost anyone can read - but not edit. 4. From OpenOffice, save (or e-mail directly without saving) your documents as MS Office files which MS Office can read and edit. Make sure, if you save in MS office format, that "Automatic file name extension" is ticked (checked). There's also free software to convert between ODF and Microsoft's new OOXML ("Office 2007") format. It's free at http://sourceforge.net/projects/odf-converter but I hardly know anything about it except to say that Sourceforge projects are highly regarded. Be careful with OOXML. It's not widely used yet and there are significant doubts about its future. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
