Robert,
As others mention you can save in a different format:
File->Save As->File type
OpenOffice and MS Office can both run on the same machine, so some of them
may want to try out OOo, it costs nothing use. It may even work better for
them. OOo does a better job at reading old WordPerfect and the occasional
corrupted MS Office file than does MS Office, so it may be a useful tool
to keep around anyway just in case.
Otherwise, MS has claimed that it would support OpenDocument, which is the
file format used by OpenOffice.org, if enough people asked for it. Maybe
they will. Maybe they won't but some people figure it's worth a try:
http://opendocumentfellowship.org/petition/
MS brings in money from a lot of activities but only makes a profit from
Windows and Office. The profit made by Office depends on keeping control
of the file format so exchanging files between MS and other products has
been difficult since the early days.
Regards,
-Lars
Lars Noodén ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, Robert Nelson wrote:
Hello , could you please tell me if should users of M S Office be able to
read open office files. If so why can't they read my files.
Robert Nelson
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