[Solved] Setting Default to save as MS Office format

[Hagar Delest]

I have just installed OO4 on my Mac and would like to set a default so any document type is saved in the microsoft format.
Guides on the web tell you to do this via ToolsOptions etc however I cannot find options item under tools. It only has
customize. Help!!

[RoryOF]

On a Mac look under Preferences. Setting to default to Microsoft formats is not (in my opinion) a good idea.

[mrblook]

Yes that worked. Go to Open Office and select Preferences. Then "Load/Save" then "General" then select ...."Always save as" and select your choice
Do last bit for each item like doc, spreadsheet etc...
Perfect thanks

[Zizi64]

Setting to default to Microsoft formats is not (in my opinion) a good idea.

It is very bad idea. There is not (never was and never will be) 100% compatible between the different fileformats. The AOO and LO can work (edit a document) ONLY in the international standard ODF fileformat. Therefore the applications MUST CONVERT the foreign fileformats at every opening and saving procedure. It will cause errors.

[John_Ha]

See [Tutorial] Differences between Writer and MS Word files for why you should always work in and save files as .odt.