[Solved] Setting Default to save as MS Office format

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[Solved] Setting Default to save as MS Office format

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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!!
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Re: Setting Default so documents save as MS Office format

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On a Mac look under Preferences. Setting to default to Microsoft formats is not (in my opinion) a good idea.
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Re: Setting Default so documents save as MS Office format

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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
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Re: Setting Default so documents save as MS Office format

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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.
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Re: [Solved] Setting Default to save as MS Office format

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