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From: »Q« on 14 Mar 2010 21:10
In <news:hnk0cl$e85$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
za kAT <zakAT(a)super-secret-IPaddress.invalid> wrote:

> On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:02:27 -0500, »Q« wrote:
>
> > drag the document's icon onto an OpenOffice window.
>
> That's doesn't open, it links. You lose stuff, like images, headers
> and footers.

No, no -- don't drop it onto an already open document in OOo. It should
be an OOo window without a document open. Sorry, I should have been
clearer before. At least it works for me to open MSWord files, not
link them.
From: za kAT on 14 Mar 2010 21:58
On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:10:31 -0500, �Q� wrote:

> In <news:hnk0cl$e85$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
> za kAT <zakAT(a)super-secret-IPaddress.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:02:27 -0500, �Q� wrote:
>>
>>> drag the document's icon onto an OpenOffice window.
>>
>> That's doesn't open, it links. You lose stuff, like images, headers
>> and footers.
>
> No, no -- don't drop it onto an already open document in OOo. It should
> be an OOo window without a document open. Sorry, I should have been
> clearer before. At least it works for me to open MSWord files, not
> link them.

Gotcha, we work a bit different. You're opening OpenOffice. I was opening
swriter which defaults to open new doc.

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From: HeyBub on 14 Mar 2010 21:59
Fred wrote:
> How do I open a document created with Microsoft word processor using
> open office?

I don't know.

What's wrong with using Word?


From: za kAT on 14 Mar 2010 22:08
On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:59:33 -0500, HeyBub wrote:

> Fred wrote:
>> How do I open a document created with Microsoft word processor using
>> open office?
>
> I don't know.
>
> What's wrong with using Word?

Burn the troll

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From: »Q« on 14 Mar 2010 22:31
In <news:gYmdncj5yMoaCQDWnZ2dnUVZ_rKdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com>,
HeyBub <heybub(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:

> Fred wrote:
> > How do I open a document created with Microsoft word processor using
> > open office?
>
> I don't know.

Thanks!

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