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Default save for Open Office

05-03-2015 08:26PM

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BeachView

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What is the best save as for open office writer 4 to have people sent files created with OO be able to open with Word. is it .odt?

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#2 06-03-2015 12:36AM

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I'd suggest the option "Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP"

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#3 06-03-2015 01:12PM

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bonzodog2 wrote: »

I'd suggest the option "Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP"

thanks. even on vista and 7?

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#4 06-03-2015 01:27PM

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More modern versions of MS Word still understand .doc files from Word 97 etc. I don't have Word installed so I can't say if they read .odt files

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