How to Make Open Office Work Like MS Office
OpenOffice is a great option for someone looking for a word processor who wants to save on the cost of Microsoft Word. OpenOffice is a free word processor that supports many of the same features. However, OpenOffice saves by default in its own particular format, which Microsoft Word doesn't support. This can cause problems when sending a file to someone who uses Microsoft Word. There is a quick and easy fix to make OpenOffice work like Word and save documents in the Word format.
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Instructions
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Small Changes
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Open a document in OpenOffice. On the toolbar at the top, select "Tools" and then click on "Options" at the bottom. A box will pop up.
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Select "Load/Save" on the left-hand side of the box that popped up, then select "General."
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Select "Text Document" from the "Document Type" drop-down menu. On the right-hand side, there is another drop-down menu called "Always Save As." Change the option in that drop-down menu to "Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP". Click "OK" to save the change. This will make sure that every single document will be saved as a Microsoft Word document instead of an OpenOffice document.
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Navigate back to the Options dialog box. Under "General," then "Load/Save," go to the "Document Type" and select "Spreadsheet." Change the "Always Save As" option to "Microsoft Excel 97/2000/XP." Click "OK" to save the change. This makes sure that every single spreadsheet is saved as a Microsoft Excel document instead of an OpenOffice one.
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Navigate back to the Options dialog box. Under "General," then "Load/Save," go to the "Document Type" section and select "Presentation." Change the "Always Save As" option to "Microsoft PowerPoint 97/2000/XP." Click "OK" to save the change. This makes sure that every single presentation is saved as a Microsoft PowerPoint document instead of an OpenOffice one.
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Tips & Warnings
Documents can be saved in many different formats by selecting the format in the save window.
OpenOffice is still a different program for Microsoft Word, so there is no way to make them work exactly the same throughout.
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