Questions should include the version of OOo and the operating system version you are running.
If you are using a version of Windows the confusion may be caused by the extension of the file you are working with. In windows the default is to hide the extension of unknown files so your file may look like Document when it is Document.doc. In Windows you can use the Control panel Folder option to select the option in View NOT to hide extenions. I recommend it. OOo will open the file and save it as a .doc file but you have the option to save it as a .odt, the OOo native format. If you have both OOo and MS Word installed you can set Windows so Explorer will open .doc files with MS Word and .odt files with OOo. see the following for a comparison. http://ezinearticles.com/?Comparison-of-Document-Files-With-Doc-and-ODT-Extensions&id=5020814 Hope this helps. Harold Hauge On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Dan Lewis <elderdanle...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, 2011-01-06 at 11:26 -0500, bpru...@aol.com wrote: > > I may be missing something very basic, but how can I use Open Office > Writer > > to edit Word documents?? > > > > I looked at several pages in OO instructions but do not see what I need. > > Help? > > > > Peter > > Just open the Word document in Writer. Then edit it. Writer will > open and edit Word documents unless the file is marked as Read Only. > > Dan > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org > > -- Harold Hauge 808 696-3308 (Home) 808 729-3317 (Cell)
