Working with Documents

Chapter 1 (Introducing Apache OpenOffice) includes instructions on starting new documents, opening existing documents, saving documents, and password-protecting documents. Chapter 2 (Using Styles and Templates) covers how to create a document from a template.

Saving as a Microsoft Word File

If you need to exchange files with users of Microsoft Word who are unwilling or unable to receive *.odt files, you can save a document as a Microsoft Word file.

1. Important First save your document in the file format used by Writer (.odt). If you do not, any changes you made since the last time you saved will appear only in the Microsoft Word version of the document.
2. Then choose File → Save As . On the Save As dialog, in the File type (or Save as type) drop-down menu, select the type of Word format you need. Click Save .

From this point on, all changes you make to the document will occur only in the Microsoft Word document. You have changed the name and file type of your document. If you want to go back to working with the .odt version of your document, you must open it again.