You have come up with one of the common problems in OpenOffice. Open Office can read Word documents but Word cannot read the Open Office format.
How do I send an OpenOffice document to a user with Word? Note (1) that the .ODF (open) format that is normally used by OpenOffice cannot be read by MS Word. However the .doc files produced by MS Word or WordPad can be read by OpenOffice. Note (2) that some complex formatting may not be recognised by OpenOffice. These formatting discrepancies can be caused by the fact that Microsoft has undocumented features or because the specific feature is copyrighted by Microsoft so OpenOffice cannot use it. Procedure 1. Decide on the file type you wish to send. If the recipient needs to edit the document then send a Word or Excel document. If the recipient only needs to read the document then send a PDF (Adobe Acrobat) document. 2. Decide if you need to e-mail the document. If you need to e-mail it then use File>Send> E-mail as Microsoft word or File>send> E-mail as PDF. If you need to pass the document to the user on a disc, or USB drive or over a network then use File>Save As> and choose the appropriate file format and disc. I hope this is clear and will help you send your file. Thanks Rob -----Original Message----- From: Rita Laurance [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 January 2007 18:10 To: openoffice support Subject: [users] odt Dear Openoffice; When I send an openoffice text document with the ending .odt as an attachment in an email, no one can seem to open the document. Sincerely; Rita Laurance ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
