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Hello I have limited very limited computer skills and on top of that I have visual limitations so pleas bear with my ignorance, I have been trying in vain for a while now to be able to send documents created in the writing program as emails but continually get a message telling me I need to set up email. I do have to email addresses that have worked well for a long time and no matter what I have tried they will not coordinate with Open Office and I am operating on Windows 10
While there is probably a very simple fix I have not been able to accomplish it perhaps there is a step by step idiot proof walk through I could use.
I would also like to know if there is a simple method of converting the documents I save from PDF to Word for storage purposes on other disks
Thanks while this all may be rudimentary to others to a senior such as myself it is quite difficult

You must have a real Email client software. Those softwares can collabore with the Apache Openoffice and the LibreOffice. Then you will able send a document as attachment inside the Office suite. The Thunderbird is one of the real email client softwares.

Or you can attach the saved document manually in the webmail system.

Welcome to the Forums.

To use the e-mail, you need to install an e-mail program.
A popular one referred to on these forums is Thunderbird.
Having an e-mail address isn't sufficient, as many use online processing. eg: gmail
As to converting from PDF, that gets very complicated.
OpenOffice can save in some Word formats, like .doc, but not .docx
Additionally we do NOT recommend doing this.
There's a Tutorial explaining why you should use the Open Document formats (.odt for Writer).
Using my phone to write this prevents me from linking to the tutorial.

Edit: Added tutorial link for RusselB — MrProgrammer 2020-02-10 01:28 UTC