Open Office viewer

wallbash

Pupil has sent me a .odg file
Using Open office , but I use MS Office

Whats the easiest way of seeing her work ,

Could download Open Office , but seems a bit excessive?

For future ( problems) can you /she save in a format that its used at school
i.e jpeg/ .doc

Thanks

Baldur

wallbash wrote: »

For future ( problems) can you /she save in a format that its used at school
i.e jpeg/ .doc

Yes, Open Office can save in many formats, including doc, docx, pdf, etc.

<Edit> I see that .odg is a Draw file, so it could be exported from Open Office in many bitmap or vector formats.

Stompa

wallbash wrote: »

Could download Open Office , but seems a bit excessive?

Agreed. Though you could avoid installing it on your PC by running the portable version from a flash drive:

http://portableapps.com/apps/office/openoffice_portable

wallbash

Thanks , so will ask her to save work in .doc / .docx
Now its only the .odg file problem.

Baldur

wallbash wrote: »

Thanks , so will ask her to save work in .doc / .docx
Now its only the .odg file problem.

You could try http://libwpg.sourceforge.net/perfectspot.htm

NB drawings will not be saved in doc/docx - see my comment re: exporting above.

Ximian

Export as PDF might be another option.

wallbash

Not a problem , I could run Open Office alongside MS O ffice at home , masses of h/d space but other staff might ( bunch of luddites) resist adding other prog to their house computers.

So to get it correct , Open Office can cope with all of MS office
But Ms Office fails with some part of Open Office.

Export as PDF might be another option.

Yes could work with them.

wallbash

I see that .odg is a Draw file, so it could be exported from Open Office in many bitmap

Yes , so she ' should ' save as a bitmap .

Baldur

wallbash wrote: »

So to get it correct , Open Office can cope with all of MS office
But Ms Office fails with some part of Open Office.

To a greater or lesser degree, yes - some formats may not be perfectly formatted in the transition between file formats.

Even older versions of MS Office can't necessarily read documents created by newer ones, without 'tweaks'.

Baldur

wallbash wrote: »

Yes , so she ' should ' save as a bitmap .

No, export as one of the bitmap formats, 'Save As' only includes other vector formats

wallbash

First of all many thanks.
Have downloaded Open Office , seen the home work

Will now have to play around , exporting file .
Can see the school will have to come up with a plan , if/when more kids
start using Open office.