Nikhil - Microsoft have done their best to make it impossible for others to create .docx files.
Apache OpenOffice can save files in the older .doc format. LibreOffice (www.libreoffice.org) can save files in the .docx format, but the process isn't perfect. It usually works fine for simple documents. If you save your files as .odt or .doc, users of MS Word will be able to open them. - Robert ________________________________________ From: Nikhil Kartha <nkarth...@gmail.com> Sent: February 16, 2023 08:53 The reason I installed OpenOffice is because my dad recommended it when I was facing an issue with the copy of MS Office that we had. It is quite an annoyance however that the DOCX files when opened with OpenWriter have to be converted to ODF inorder to be saved. We typically use Windows and MS Office is just shipped with it usually. I want to guess that this is also an online compatible filetype as GMail and Whatsapp are able to open it. However, I have not had the chance to test ODF and would like to know why the software forces this conversion and ontop of that states there will be loss of something when saving in this format. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
