office.org and word

[quiffgirl_99]

I'm using open office.org on my computer but when i save onto a pen drive, i can't open it through word on a different computer but i can open word documents through open office. I'm running through Windows ME but don't know how to recover word. How do I do this? What do I need to buy?

[Ethel]

When working in OpenOffice with documents that will be accessed elsewhere by Microsoft Word, you must save the document as Word format.

To save a document in Microsoft Word format, click on the "File" menu.
Select the "Save As..." item from the menu.
The "Save As" dialog appears.
Click on the arrow of the drop-down list for the "Save as type: " field.
To define the type of the file, select "Microsoft Word ... (.doc)" item from the list.
Click on the "Save" button to finish the dialog.
By default OpenOffice.org warns you if a target file type can not save all formatting information.
Click the "Yes" button to confirm your decison.

[Phantaxus]

In OpenOffice on one of the options menus you can set the default file format. set it to word

[Phantaxus]

ok downloaded and installed open office

tools menu>options>load/save>general>Always save as>Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP this changes your default save format to word

for your existing files open in openoffice the do file>save as and choose Microsoft word from the save as type drop down menu

[quiffgirl_99]

Thganks alot, very helpful!