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NFR - If I download OpenOffice, and my files are already on MS Works and Wordpad, if I transfer
- Thread starter meryl
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michael-in-phoenix
Well-known member
I can't answer your question directly, but I would certainly make a back up of ...
...all the files you choose to transfer on a stick drive or some other external hard drive. That way you have a... backup.
Michael
...all the files you choose to transfer on a stick drive or some other external hard drive. That way you have a... backup.
Michael
steve2-in-la
Well-known member
When you save your work, save the files as Open Office files as well. . .
I use Open Office from time to time to convert MS Word documents to PDF's.
When you start Open Office Writer, you can open a document or file from another word processing program. When you finish working with that file, use the "Save as" command to save it as an "ODF text" file.
If you don't want to change the formatting of the original document, stop there. If you DO want to save the new changes in the original document, do another "Save as" and select the original document formatting.
Inversely, if you've created an Open Office document and want to convert it to a different word processing program, open the document, use the "Save as" command and save it as whatever type of program file you'd like.
I don't know about you but now I'M confused. Give it a try.
Hope that helps.
I use Open Office from time to time to convert MS Word documents to PDF's.
When you start Open Office Writer, you can open a document or file from another word processing program. When you finish working with that file, use the "Save as" command to save it as an "ODF text" file.
If you don't want to change the formatting of the original document, stop there. If you DO want to save the new changes in the original document, do another "Save as" and select the original document formatting.
Inversely, if you've created an Open Office document and want to convert it to a different word processing program, open the document, use the "Save as" command and save it as whatever type of program file you'd like.
I don't know about you but now I'M confused. Give it a try.
Hope that helps.
You can copy all your Works and Wordpad documents to another directory at once.
1. Right click on Start
2. Click on Explore
3. Click on My Documents
4. Click on File
5. Place curser over New then select Folder in the fly-out menu
6. Name the new folder (OpenOffice Documents)
7. Click on the + next to My Documents to expand the directory
8. Select the documents you want to copy (if you want to copy everything and you have the disk space, click on the first item, hold the Shift key and click on the last)
9. Right click on the selected items then click Copy
10. Click on the folder you created in step 6
11. Right click in the empty folder on the right
12. Click paste
Forgive me if you already know how do do all this.
1. Right click on Start
2. Click on Explore
3. Click on My Documents
4. Click on File
5. Place curser over New then select Folder in the fly-out menu
6. Name the new folder (OpenOffice Documents)
7. Click on the + next to My Documents to expand the directory
8. Select the documents you want to copy (if you want to copy everything and you have the disk space, click on the first item, hold the Shift key and click on the last)
9. Right click on the selected items then click Copy
10. Click on the folder you created in step 6
11. Right click in the empty folder on the right
12. Click paste
Forgive me if you already know how do do all this.
steve2-in-la
Well-known member
Are you sure, you don't have those choices, Meryl > > >
When you're in Open Office and use the "save" command on a file, at the bottom of the directory page should be a "Files of type" window. If you click on the little arrow to the right, it should open up with a list of formats.
When you're in Open Office and use the "save" command on a file, at the bottom of the directory page should be a "Files of type" window. If you click on the little arrow to the right, it should open up with a list of formats.
steve2-in-la
Well-known member
. . . or do what Michael said. He knows "mo bettah" than I.