>I was so happy to learn about OpenOffice. I read the comments of many people >that have used it, and everyone seemed to be very impressed with the program. >Everything I read said it was compatable with MicroSoft Office, and honestly, >if it hadn't been, it would have been totally worthless to our business. I >downloaded OpenOffice and tried to send files, emails, letters, etc., to >computers with Microsoft Office installed, and they kept getting the message >that they couldn't open or read what I sent because they didn't have >OpenOffice installed on their computer. > >Can you please tell me what's wrong? We're in quite a hurry to get this >working. >
Hello Sheila, >From the sounds of it you would may be best off having the application save in >Microsoft Office file format by default. This is accomplished by doing the >following: Start OpenOffice.org Select the menu 'Tools>Options' In the options dialog select the group 'Load/Save' Select the section 'General' On the bottom of this tab you will see two drop down combo boxes labeled: "Document Type" and "Always save as" Adjust the settings in these as needed. For instance "Document Type" = Text Document, then set "Always save as" = Microsoft Word 2003 XML Adjust the other document types as best suits your business needs. Best of luck, Drew --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
