On 10/11/2007 02:25, steve zingerman wrote:
How do I get documents in openoffice to be able for me too e mail them. I have
Windows XL. Steve
I think we've been here before. The problem is *not* that you cannot
e-mail documents.
This is because Microsoft Office, which your respondents use, is
crippled. It cannot open the International Standard Organisation's (ISO)
approved format for documents which is the format used by OpenOffice.
I replied on this subject earlier *today*. Here is the text, including
the question:
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On 11/11/2007 03:32, maureen zingerman wrote:
On test e-mail I can send the document to my own e-mail address and
open it with no problem. The problem begins when I send a document to
another e-mail address and they report to me saying they weren't able
to open it making it impossible for me too send e-mails at all. Is
there a way to make it possible to send e-mail using OO?
Thank you, Steve
Ahhh. This is a completely different problem from the one you described
and which we were all trying to analyse. Your original statement that
you "cannot email my writing's to addresses" is incorrect. You *can*
send e-mails with attached files, via OpenOffice. To everybody. The
mechanism is working correctly. That's *not* the problem. The problem is
that your respondents cannot open the attachments. Very different. You
can do any of several things:
1. Persuade your respondents to install and use OpenOffice. This is the
best.
2. Send your documents as PDF files. I'd guess that 99%+ of the world's
computers have the free Acrobat reader or other software that can read
this format. The downside here is that [most of] your respondents will
only be able to read/print/save/forward/copy the documents; they will
*not* be able to edit them without buying expensive software.
3. Send your documents in MS Office (.doc for Word, .xls for Excel etc.)
format.
See the Help in Writer to find how to do #2 and #3
Basically you need to either "export" the document in PDF ("File>Export
as PDF...") or save it in .doc format using "File>Save As". In either
case make sure you have the little "Automatic file name extension" box
ticked. Alternatively you can send in either format *without* saving
first ("File>Send" and then choose the relevant format).
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I strongly recommend that you and Maureen talk to each other.
Alternatively, given that you and someone named Maureen Zingerman have
the same e-mail address, perhaps you [both] need to review the security
of your computer system[s].
--
Harold Fuchs
London, England
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