Peter (bpru...@aol.com) is not subscribed and probably did not see this excellent response -- you
might want to copy him.
On 1/8/2011 12:46 PM, Harold Hauge wrote:
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
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