Sometimes, you may wish to send a document to someone who is using a different operating system, such as Microsoft Windows. They may use an office application which is not capable of understanding the file formats used by the office suites available in Xubuntu. This can cause confusion if they find that they are unable to open the document you sent.
The solution to this problem is to save the document in a format which they can use before you send it.
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By saving your file in a different format, the way the document looks could be changed slightly. This is due to small differences between the way different programs read file formats. You may receive a warning message about this when trying to save a document in another format; it should be safe to press , which will save the file in the new format you chose. |
The instructions for OpenOffice.org are as follows:
Open the document you wish to send using OpenOffice.org.
Press
→ and then press File type. A list of available file types should appear.Select an appropriate file type. For example, if you are sending your file to a user of Microsoft Word, the file type Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP is a sensible choice.
Select a location to save the file in, then press
.Send the file as normal, for example by attaching it to an email by pressing
→ → .
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A quick way of sending your document by email and in the Microsoft Word format from the OpenOffice.org Word Processor is to press → → . Equivalent commands are available for the other applications in the OpenOffice.org suite, such as E-mail as Microsoft Excel... in OpenOffice.org Spreadsheet. |
Instructions for Abiword and Gnumeric (GNOME Office word processor and spreadsheet):
Open the document you wish to send using Abiword (documents) or Gnumeric (spreadsheets).
Choose
→ . Then select an appropriate file type from the list marked Save file as type.Select a location to save the file, then press
.You can now share the new file with users of other office products.