Re: [users] using open office in an excel environment

[James Knott]

Susan Sene wrote: I downloaded the most recent version of Open Office and saved a file of names and addresses. I then tried to open the file in Microsoft Excel but it did not open. I thought Open Office was compatible with Excel, Word, etc. Please help! The default file format for OpenOffice spread sheets is the ISO standard ODS format.  Since Microsoft refuses to support that international standard, you'll have to save it in Excel format.  You can do this with Save as.  Also make sure automatic file extension is enabled. Please respond only to the mail list (users@openoffice.org) and not directly to me. --