How to save as word document in open office

Post by suffolk » Tue Jan 28, 2020 5:20 pm

I am a complete Novice, I have just installed Open Office 4.7.1
Using Writer, in the drop down list for SAve As, I can see no mention of "docx"
All Microsoft options are for "doc"

Any advice would be appeciated

Last edited by Hagar Delest on Tue Jan 28, 2020 5:51 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Save as Docx

Post by MrProgrammer » Tue Jan 28, 2020 5:35 pm

For your own use with OpenOffice, always save as ODT. If someone else needs to read the file, use File → Save as PDF. If you must share with someone who wants to edit with a Microsnot product, save as DOC. Any software which can open DOCX can also open DOC.

OpenOffice can read/write DOC files. Microsnot Office can read/write ODT files. But these two products were deveoped independently and they have difficulty working with "foreign" formats. DOC is foreign to OpenOffice, ODT is foreign to MSO. Expect problems if you edit a file multiple times in a foreign format. This includes making multiple edits to a DOC file, even if you are the only editor and are using OpenOffice. Therefore edit only with one product, either OpenOffice or MSO and use the native format. Create PDF for others to read; both products can create that. Tell the people using MSO that they can installl OpenOfice for free so everyone can use the same software.

If this solved your problem please go to your first post use the Edit button and add [Solved] to the start of the title. You can select the green checkmark icon at the same time.

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Re: Save as Docx

Post by JeJe » Tue Jan 28, 2020 5:42 pm

Re: Save as Docx

Post by suffolk » Tue Jan 28, 2020 5:50 pm

Re: [Solved] Save as Docx

Post by sharky_pi » Mon Dec 26, 2022 1:30 pm

Expect problems if you edit a file multiple times in a foreign format. This includes making multiple edits to a DOC file, even if you are the only editor and are using OpenOffice. Therefore edit only with one product, either OpenOffice or MSO and use the native format. Create PDF for others to read; both products can create that. Tell the people using MSO that they can installl OpenOfice for free so everyone can use the same softwae.

@MrProgrammer, would you be comfortable putting this on the front page of the OpenOfice website? So that prospective users are fully informed before they waste their time uninstalling LibreOffice, installing OpenOffice (via a janky command-line sequence of installing multiple debs), finding this out the hard way (while also finding out the reviewing functionality is buried in the edit menu and one needs to create a custom toolbar to use it efficiently), then uninstalling OpenOffice, and reinstalling LibreOffice?

Re: [Solved] Save as Docx

Post by Zizi64 » Mon Dec 26, 2022 3:05 pm

MrProgrammer, would you be comfortable putting this on the front page of the OpenOfice website? So that prospective users are fully informed before they waste their time uninstalling LibreOffice, installing OpenOffice (via a janky command-line sequence of installing multiple debs), finding this out the hard way (while also finding out the reviewing functionality is buried in the edit menu and one needs to create a custom toolbar to use it efficiently), then uninstalling OpenOffice, and reinstalling LibreOffice?

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But this and similar forums (what was started for the OpenOffice) contain lots of useful common informations that are usable in the AOO and LO too.
Everybody can get enough informations without any "Do not use AOO" advertisement on the main page.

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