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Can I copy a document from Open Office onto Word 10

HitAndMiss
HitAndMiss Posts: 58 Forumite
edited 9 March 2017 at 2:13PM in Techie Stuff
I want to copy a document I have on Open Office onto my Word 10 document file which I have recently installed. How can I accomplish this transfer please.I wish to send the document out to a group of people both in Open Office and Word Format.

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  • System
    System Posts: 178,365 Community Admin
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    Hi

    I suggect you save as .doc and .odf and attach both formats.

    Bear in mind that there be slight variations as each format is saved. But I would concentrate on the .doc format as OpenOffice can open them quite readily, rather than the other way around.

    Also WORD VIEWER https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=4

    If in doubt please ask.
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  • John_Gray
    John_Gray Posts: 5,845 Forumite
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    Alternatively send it to all people as a Rich Text Format file (.RTF). This is accepted by all* word processors.

    For Word 2010 (and no doubt other word processors) the file size of an RTF file CAN be very much larger than a .DOCX file IF the document contains tables or graphics.

    * all that I've come across!
  • psychic_teabag
    psychic_teabag Posts: 2,865 Forumite
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    Are the others expected to edit it and send back comments for you to merge, or is it for read-only ?
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