Open office

gregthegrey1

Hello

I recently downloaded the freeware Openoffice. Its more or less the same as microsoft office. My files from my old computer which I used microsoft office on worked fine when I put them on my new PC which I now have the Openoffice on. So no problem there.
I wrote a letter with openoffice and sent it to my girlfriends work address where they use microsoft office but she couldnt open it.
My question is, files created in mircrosoft office seem work fine in Openoffice but do they work the other way round? It didnt seem to work for me.
It's ok having free software but only if it is compatable with the main global system, microsoft.
I want to send my CV to different companies but if they cant open it their end theres no point having the free software
cheers
gregyhair

Browntoa

you need to use the option "save as" when you save the file and save it in Word format

Browntoa

By default, OpenOffice.org will save in native file formats and extensions, i.e. Writer documents in .sxw (document) or .stw (template), Calc spreadsheets in .sxc (document) or .stc (template) and Impress presentations in .sxi (document) or .sti (template). So if you always want to save the files in Microsoft Office compatible formats such as Word .doc or .dot, Excel .xls or PowerPoint .ppt, you can configure OpenOffice.org to set or change the default file format for the document file type so that it will always save in Microsoft Office format, without the need to select the file format every time when saving a file.

To change or set default file saving or “save as” format for new files in OpenOffice.org:

1. Launch any OpenOffice.org application such as OpenOffice Writer.
2. Click on Tools and then Options.
3. Expand the Load/Save section in the left pane by clicking the + (plus sign).
4. Click on General under the Load/Save section.
5. In the area labeled as “Default file format” near the bottom of the dialog window, select the type of document you want, for example, Text Document for Writer files, in the Document Type drop-down list.
6. To the right dropdown list labeled as “Always save as”, change or select the format as “Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP”.
7. Repeat the above 2 steps for other documents such as spreadsheets or presentations that you want to save in Microsoft Office file format, and select the appropriate default save as format for them.
8. Click OK to save the settings.
9. From now on, whenever you want to save a document, the default format will be .doc, .xls or .ppt and other Microsoft Office file formats and extensions.

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/01/25/configure-change-or-set-openofficeorg-to-default-save-files-in-microsoft-office-formats/

gorilla

Don't forget that you can create pdf's in open office and that might be a better way for you to send your cv's.