Open Office Writer

[The Builder]

I emailed someone a couple of Open Office Writer files "saved as" Microsoft Word. The text only one was opened and read ok, but the one that contained a table (simple table of values written in "Writer" - not a s/sheet) screwed the format completely when opened.
Any ways around this ?

[AlBags]

I think you're screwed there mate.
Word .. or whatever opens the file, won't know how to format it into a viewable table. Unless Open Office writer would open it again properly formatted.
.csv are good to use .. if you can save to them, as they can be sucessfully imported into say .. Excel as a text/.csv. Try it!
Cheers ... Al.

[society]

Just an idea -

Right click on the file, you should see 'open with'
Click on that.
A choice of different programs will be listed included OpenOffice.
Select OpenOffice.

[rojash]

I have no problems producing files including tables in OO then opening the resulting file in Word.
But you haven't mentioned which format you used to save the document. nor which version of word your friend is using.

OO offers:

Word 97/2000/XP
Word 95
Word 6.
Word 2003 XML.

[AlBags]

I don't know if Builder knows either.
I used to fumble my way through when needed.

[TTG]

Do they need to amend the document or just look at it? If just need to view it Writer can save to pdf. This will preserve all formatting and you also don't have to worry about the recipient not having the correct font.s

[TTG]

You need to select "Export to Pdf" in Writer as appose to save as.

[The Builder]

Sorry, I've just got back
Al, thanks for that. I'm with you but I'm grateful to rojash.................
rojash ........... saved in Word 6 and open in Word 2003.
Yep .......... I fumbled. It always seems to complain that the formatting is not saveable.
Thanks to Whipp, Society, and TTG (I ended up sending it in PDF)

[AlBags]

lol mate .. Nice job in the end : )

[rojash]

"saved in Word 6 and open in Word 2003. "
There's ya problem then...

[The Builder]

Thanks Rojash .................. has Word changed so much then?
Which one would you suggest ........... 97?

[rojash]

"has Word changed so much then? "

Word 6 was released in 1993 and ran under Windows 3.1 - so yes, it's a pretty different beast!

I always use the Word 97/2000/XP format as that's the most generally compatible

[The Builder]

Ha ............ Win 3.1 that takes me back a bit.
I've just tried the 97/2000/XP and it worked fine.

Thank you roj