[Solved] Non-OpenOffice.org Recipents of OOo Attachments

[rbnj]

Will someone who only has MS Office be able to open attachments I send them?

[thomasjk]

Yes but you will have to save them as .doc or .xls files. Do File-->Save As Microsoft Word or Excel 97/2000/XP(.doc or .xls)

[TheGurkha]

It is always safer to work in the native OOo formats (.odt and .ods etc) and then use Save As to save a copy in .doc or .xls format if you need to distribute it in MS Office formats. But always then go back to the native OOo version to continue working. If the people you are sending to do not need to edit the files then it is best to send them a PDF as then no matter what office suite they use it will be possible for them to read and print the files.

File > Save As and select 'Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP' from the 'Save as type' dropdown menu. Make sure the 'Automatic file name extension' option is checked.

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