2007/10/30, Frank Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:14:09 -0600 > "JANE KIMMES" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am using the most current version (writer) of OpenOffice.org. People > > cannot > > read my document when I send it as an attachment to their emails. > > It's generally recommended that you put your message into the body of your > email and use a brief subject line, rather than putting the whole message into > the subject line and leaving the body blank. It makes your message much more > readable that way. > > To answer your question, your correspondents can install OpenOffice on their > computers and open your attachments that way, or you can save your documents > as > Microsoft format files by using Save As instead of Save when you create them > using OpenOffice and specifying the Microsoft format. > > -- > MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com
Hello Jane, Proposing your correspondents to install OpenOffice.org is of course the best option. The program is free, and they'll see your document exactly as you intended it to be. A 3rd option is to send your documents as PDF files, unless your correspondents need to be able to edit the files. Save as PDF is a direct option in Writer (on the Standard toolbar and in File > Export as PDF). It also is quite reliable as a means to transfer your formatting (while there may be loss of formatting when you switch between versions of Word, or between OOo and Word). HTH -- Guy using dutch OOo 2.3 m221 on a iMac Intel DualCore Tiger and brazilian OOo 2.3 RC 3 on a G4 PPC Powerbook Tiger -- please reply only to [email protected] -- Dodoes can't afford to have headaches --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
