By default, OpenOffice saves your documents in the Open Document Format (.odt). Unfortunately Microsoft Office doesn't understand this format so you need to make a few tweaks to save the documents as Word Documents.

 

Option 1: When you save your document,

• click File -> Save As, type the name of the document in the "File Name" field
   
  
• in the "Save As Type" field click the dropdown box and select "Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP .doc".
   
  
• If you are using Calc then select "Microsoft Excel 97/2000/XP .xls".

 

Option 2: Set the default so all documents are automatically saved as Microsoft formats.

• Click Tools -> Options and select the plus next to Load/Save.
   
  
• Then click on the General option.
   
  
• On the right hand side you have the options for "Default File Format".
   
  
• Select "Text Document" from the Document Type dropdown 
   
  
• in the "Always Save As" dropdown select "Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP".
   
  

You will need to do this for "Spreadsheet" in the Document Format dropdown as well, except select "Microsoft Excel 97/2000/XP" for the "Always Save As".

 

 

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