Can openoffice document saved as a Word file be opened in Word?

Question

I have a document that was created in openoffice and I would like to send it to someone so that they can view it in Microsoft Word. Is that possible. I know that I can save the doc as a Word file. Is that all I would have to do before emailing it?

Answer 1

Yes as long as you "Save as" "Word 97-2003" or ".doc" as the Save Dialog box indicates. By default, OpenOffice will save documents in the ".odt" (did I get that right) format...which MS-Word (any edition) can't open.

Answer 2

yes, that's it because it's in the correct format unless the other person is using an old copy of word.

Answer 3

Set the "Save" feature to Microsoft, so your files are aways compatible.

In OpenOffice

• Click Tools

• Click Options

• Click Load/Save

Select Microsoft Office

• Check all the S boxes.

• Click OK

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Answer 4

Yes

Answer 5

Yep, unless there's insane formatting, you're gtg.

In fact, there's a super goofy bug (non csv) where if your doc is crashing in OO format (it has to be a petty complex doc to do this), save it as a Word doc, then resave as a OO doc, and it'll work.