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642526 2008-02-21 22:13:00 Hi guys,

Does anyone know if an Open Office to Word 2003 (.odt to .doc) converter exists?

Must admit I don't know much OO! :o
nofam (9009)
642527 2008-02-21 22:18:00 nofam,
If you use OO to type a document, you then get the option to Save As (rather than just Save). In that situation, you can choose to save the document in various Word formats. I generally use Word 97 format or Word 2000. Now if you have already saved a document in .odt format, simply open it and go to Save As and choose one of the Word formats. It will automatically put a .doc extension on the file.
Hope this helps

Jim
Hhel (8073)
642528 2008-02-21 22:21:00 nofam,
If you use OO to type a document, you then get the option to Save As (rather than just Save). In that situation, you can choose to save the document in various Word formats. I generally use Word 97 format or Word 2000. Now if you have already saved a document in .odt format, simply open it and go to Save As and choose one of the Word formats. It will automatically put a .doc extension on the file.
Hope this helps

Jim

Hi Jim,

Problem is that the file in question is a CV sent to our HR guys; we don't have OO installed anywhere, so I need to find a standalone converter. You'd think Microsoft would have a plugin for Office??? :confused:
nofam (9009)
642529 2008-02-21 22:21:00 odf-converter.sourceforge.net

I've used the Word one to convert .odt files and it worked fine in Word 2007.
CYaBro (73)
642530 2008-02-21 22:25:00 yes

There is an online converter, i'll try and find the link, I think it was on the computerworld site

as mentined in the previous post you can choose to save your files in .doc format on openoffice

There is also a plugin for MS office 2003 that will allow it to recognise .odt files,
Morgenmuffel (187)
642531 2008-02-21 22:30:00 You don't need to.

Click TOOLs on OOs menu.
Choose Options.
Click General - Load/Save.

Change Text to Word 2000/XP
Change Calc to Excel 2000/XP
Chnage Impress to Powerpoint 2000/XP


Now it loads and saves automatically as .doc, .xls, .ppt.

No need for converters at all.
pctek (84)
642532 2008-02-21 22:32:00 You don't need to.

Click TOOLs on OOs menu.
Choose Options.
Click General - Load/Save.

Change Text to Word 2000/XP
Change Calc to Excel 2000/XP
Chnage Impress to Powerpoint 2000/XP


Now it loads and saves automatically as .doc, .xls, .ppt.

No need for converters at all.

That's fine if you have OOo installed but as nofam said they don't have it installed anywhere so the convertor I linked to is easiest to download rather than the 100MB OOo.
CYaBro (73)
642533 2008-02-21 22:37:00 odf-converter.sourceforge.net

I've used the Word one to convert .odt files and it worked fine in Word 2007.

Cheers CYaBro - worked like a charm!! :thumbs:
nofam (9009)
642534 2008-02-22 01:44:00 Wont just changing the file type in to .doc? thats how i do it =) password (5384)
642535 2008-02-22 06:33:00 You'd think Microsoft would have a plugin for Office??? :confused:

Oooh, look ! There's a bunch of pigs flying past!!:lol:
decibel (11645)
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