On Tuesday June 19 2007 4:17 pm, NoOp wrote: > On 06/19/2007 11:38 AM, me 1004 wrote: > > My friend is using your current Open Office. Yesterday, we > > discovered the files from it do NOT seem to be compatible with MS > > Office 2001 for Mac -- and possibly not with any MS Office. > > > > Yes, we saved the Writer file as MS Word for Win ME-2000-XP -- > > but the file still could not be opened in MS Word 2001 for Mac. > > > > We also tried opening a Open Office Presentations file in MS > > PowerPoint 2001 for Mac, but it would not open. > > > > What is wrong, what can we do? Is this incompatibiilty also > > happening on Windows machines? MS Office for both Mac and Windows > > are supposed to open the same formats, so I have to think if we > > can't open these files in the Mac version, we also won't be able > > to open them in the Windows version. > > > > Lastly, is there any way to set the Save function to > > automatically default to MS Word for Win ME-2000-XP -- as it is a > > pain in the neck to try to remember that each and every time. > > > > Thank you. > > I'm sure that a Mac user will come along and help you with that > problem; as to your last: > > Choose Tools - Options - Load/Save - General > > In Default file format: > > Document type Always save as > ====================================== > Text document Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP > Presentation Microsoft PowerPoint 97/2000/XP > etc. > > Then Choose Tools - Options - Load/Save - Microsoft Office > click the boxes that apply.
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