Mr Coeur de Lion Posted April 22, 2008 Author Share Posted April 22, 2008 I don't have Open Office, but would imagine you could change the dimensions of the page somewhere? If you can, and of course know how to, then change it to 297 x 210mm and that'll give you landscape. Probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Format / Page / Page tab: select Landscape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacqui Too Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 [quote user="Clair"]Format / Page / Page tab: select Landscape[/quote]Thanks clairI have open office and now that my daughter has moved out I no longer have access to her computer skills [Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tj Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 A good tip to remember is to make sure the "default save" file extension is .doc, since open office default, . odt will not open in microsoft word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 How do you make .doc the default? I have had a look and not been able to find it. Just me being thick peut etra???[8-)]Now, maybe if I had another beer it would help [B][B]? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex H Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Tools > Options > Load/Save > Default File Format > Always Save As <your choice here> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Getting thicker by the min?? I have almost the same as you said TP, but there is no option for .doc?[IMG]http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/Openofficeloadsave.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex H Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Almost there [:)]In the box you are now in - use the up arrow on the RHS to get the entries starting with MicrosoftLike this (although I seem to have a different version to you)[IMG]http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa288/alexhudghton/Image2.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 What do you users think of Open Office ? Next computer replacement may see end of road for my legal copies of Excel and Word. I use a small percentage of the features of either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmt Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 [quote user="Anton Redman"]What do you users think of Open Office ?[/quote]How glowing to you want it? [;-)]It's very good, extremely stable and can be used just as most people use MS Office, but by using it 'properly', it works even better (imo). There's no need to wait until you no longer have MS Office, of course -- OOo is available for free, so there's no reason why you couldn't install it now and try it out. There's a wealth of information, help and support -- start at www.openoffice.orgIncidentally, all of the questions posed in this thread could have been answered by consulting the very useful built-in help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob T Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 I think that it is great. My wife has written a book with it. We now have it on all our Linux PCs as well as the Windows one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 [quote user="bmt"][quote user="Anton Redman"]What do you users think of Open Office ?[/quote]Incidentally, all of the questions posed in this thread could have been answered by consulting the very useful built-in help.[/quote]That is probably true if you know where to look. I looked at 'default file formats' in the OO help, but '.doc' does not show as an default?[8-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex H Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 [quote user="Jonzjob"]That is probably true if you know where to look. I looked at 'default file formats' in the OO help, but '.doc' does not show as an default?[8-)][/quote]As I said up there ^ select Microsoft Word 6.0 - that is .doc[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 The € has dropped (a penny with inflation?). Thick or what? I hadn't seen the slider on the options [:$]. All done now, thank you for your patience [:D][;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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