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open office compatibility with MS Word

Doberman

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Posted September 20, 2011 at 12:38PM

I currently use open office for word processing ,spreadsheets etc. I have a MS office document on my computer,how can I transfer it so that I can edit it?

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TonyV

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Posted September 20, 2011 at 1:49PM

Doberman

Click on the file name and "Open with" and use Open Office to open it. Alternatively I open mine by just opening OpenOffice and clicking on the file I want to open. If it has a .doc extension it will open in Open Office.

TonyV

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TonyV

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Posted September 20, 2011 at 1:52PM

Doberman

Should have said, once you have opened the file, save it as an Open Office file.

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Terry Brown

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Posted September 20, 2011 at 2:06PM

If it is a Office 2007 document you may need to download the Office compatabliity patch.

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=3

Terry

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