How to Convert From Open Office to Word

Open Office is an open-source office suite used to create files such as word processing documents. Files that are created in Open Office Writer are automatically saved in an ".odf" text document format. These documents will not open using other word processing programs, such as Microsoft Word. To open these files in Microsoft Word, you must first convert the document to Word's ".doc" format. This can be done in Open Office Writer.

Instructions

1. Open the Open Office Writer program.

2. Click "File." Choose "Open." A window will open.

3. Find the Open Office document that you are going to convert to Word. Highlight this file and click "Open." The document will appear in Open Office.

4. Click "File" once more. Select "Save As." A new window will open.

5. Choose the drop box labeled "Save as type." Several options will appear.

6. Select one of the three "Microsoft Word" options listed. These are simply different versions of the Microsoft Word software (i.e. Word 97/2000/XP, Word 95, Word 6.0). Which you select will be determined by the version of Microsoft Word you are planning to use while opening the converted document.

7. Click "Save." The Open Office document will be converted to a Word document.

References

• Open Office