On Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:45:17 -0400
jerry wrote:

> I was trying to do a simple spread sheet with your product....I wasn't
> able to save my project with the lines.
> In other words, when I reopened my project, the lines were gone.

Perhaps you are talking about borders on the cells? I am not sure, need
more information, but borders always works for me.

> Also, I can't seem to open with Microsoft Word or Excell...... I
> thought Open Office was compatible?

OpenOffice.org is firstly a seperate program in its own right. It is not
trying to be a clone of Microsoft office otherwise it can never hope to
be better or even equal.

The default save format for OpenOffice.org is Open Document Format.
Microsoft finally will directly support ODF in Service Pack 2 of Office
2007[1] after admitting ODF has won the battle of the document formats
against there own OOXML format[2].

> I had my co-workers try also...They couldn't figure it out either.

Nobody could see that the save format was not able to be opened by the
lesser product ;) hmm.

The answer is that Open Office also saves in Microsoft Offices .xls
format if you wish (look to "File Type" in the Save As dialogue). Also
ensure that you do not untick (uncheck if you are from America) the
Option to automatically add file extesions. Windows requires file
extesions to work, as it does not read mime types.

> I was hoping Open Ofiice would be "User Friendly" :-(

It is, it is just not 100% idiot proof ;)

> I may have to just Un-Install your product, as it doesn't seem to meet
> my needs.

Be wary in your emails, it is very easy to write an email that looks
"sarcastic" to people. This email help list is composed of fellow users
of the product and as such you do not want to upset them before you get
the advice they are capable of giving and take advantage of the power
the program is capable of delivering.

[1] http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/21/Microsoft-to-support-ODF-P
DF-in-Office_1.html
[2] http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10008487o-2000331759b
,0 0.htm

-- 
Michael

All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall
be well

 - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416

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