2008/5/21 John Miskell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Help! Without boring you with my computer ignorance, I wonder if I can get > an automatic file extension of "doc". If I forget to change written text > that I attach to emails, others that use Microsoft or Mac programs can not > open extension "odt". I can change my documents to "doc" but it is not > automatic. Can I modify Open Office so it is automatic? > I would appreciate a response. > Thank you. > John Miskell
Hello John, Two actions needed to automate OOo saving as .doc (.xls, etc) 1) In Tools>Options>Load/Save>General select for each document type (last line on the right) the format you want: Text document -> Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP Spreadsheet -> Microsoft Excel 97/2000/XP etc. 2) Click the 'automatic filename extension' in the Save dialog HTH -- Guy using dutch OOo Aqua Beta 3.0.0 (and older) on a iMac Intel DualCore Tiger and brazilian OOo SRC 680 m241 on an Intel MacBook Pro Leopard -- please reply only to users@openoffice.org -- Dodoes can't afford to have headaches
