OpenOffice

[Perseus]

Is OpenOffice compatible with Word documents? I.e., I save an openoffice document as a word, can I still open it, etc.?

[Amnesiac]

In addition to OpenDocument formats (.odt, .ott, .oth, and .odm), Writer 3 can open the formats used by OOo 1.x (.sxw, .stw, and .sxg) and the following text document formats:

Microsoft Word 6.0/95/97/2000/XP (.doc and .dot)
Microsoft Word 2003 XML (.xml)
Microsoft Word 2007 XML (.docx, .docm, .dotx, .dotm)
Microsoft WinWord 5 (.doc)
WordPerfect Document (.wpd)
WPS 2000/Office 1.0 (.wps)
.rtf, .txt, and .csv
StarWriter formats (.sdw, .sgl, .vor)
DocBook (.xml)
Unified Office Format text (.uot, .uof)
Ichitaro 8/9/10/11 (.jtd and .jtt)
Hangul WP 97 (.hwp)
T602 Document (.602, .txt)
AportisDoc (Palm) (.pdb)
Pocket Word (.psw)

When opening .htm or .html files (used for web pages), OOo customizes Writer for working with these files.

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[Perseus]

Google and Wikipedia are your best friends.

Nah. VT is.

[Amnesiac]

Nah. VT is.

You just want us to do all your searching for you :rolleyes:

[Number02]

In short, yes..

[JackOfClubs]

Yes. When you are saving, save it as a .doc, that way its compatible with all versions of MS Office Word. I think there is also a way to set OpenOffice to default the save type to .doc, .ppt, or whatever you are doing.

[darkwoon]

Is OpenOffice compatible with Word documents? I.e., I save an openoffice document as a word, can I still open it, etc.?

It is, though you may at times encounter minor rendering glitches. Compatibility is better with the Office 2000/20003 formats than with the OpenXML (Office 2007/2010) format. Macros usually won't export.