creating in linux reading in microsoft

watto_one · General User Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Posts: 5

I was lead to believe that I could create documents in Linux at home then bring them to work and use microsoft to view or edit these docs.
I have an .odt but my windows computer won't open it.. Any help please

pitonyak · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 6:56 pm Post subject:

I do this routinely.

What file format did you use to save your document? if you use Word at work, I hope that you saved as a Word document and not as an OOo document.

What was the error?
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watto_one · General User Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Posts: 5

The document saved as a .ODT

pitonyak · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 7:06 pm Post subject:

You must save as a document type that Word can open (if you are using Word at work). I have both at work.

Open the odt file and use File | Save As.
Look for the drop down near the bottom of the dialog labeled "File Type".
Select the Word 97 file type.
You probably also want to check "Automatic filename extension" if it is not already checked.

Does this help?
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watto_one · General User Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Posts: 5

Thank you for the help. I can't see my OOo till I get home. Just to check.
Create on linux save as a .DOC file, then I should be able to view them at work. Is that correct.

Corfy · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 7:35 pm Post subject:

That is correct. Good luck.
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watto_one · General User Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Posts: 5

thank you all. My first experience of this forum has been both helpful and enjoyable.

acknak · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:03 pm Post subject:

In the long run, for reasons which should be abundantly clear to you at this point, you will benefit from having OpenOffice installed at work, if at all possible. Even though you would use MS Office for routine business, you will have little emergencies like this one often enough to make it worth installing OOo alongside. If your employer has a policy against installing "unauthorized" software, see if you can get OOo added to the list. If that's not possible, there are configurations of OOo that can run from a CD or thumb drive, at a moderate performance penalty, without needing to be installed--assuming of course that such is permitted.
You can get the standard OOo for Windows free from the internet, or on CD at a small fee.

joerg04 · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 11:54 pm Post subject:

What about the im- and export filter which are recently developed by Microsoft and some others. This might be in future a good option I think. Not everybody can install huge software on the machines at work.

Resources:
From MicroSoft

http://odf-converter.sourceforge.net/

Third Party

http://www.clever-age.org/index.php?id=40
http://o3.phase-n.com/

More information at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_applications_supporting_OpenDocument#Current_support
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watto_one · General User Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Posts: 5

thanks for all the help. I was able to print after following the advice.
Can't download to work system in any way, connected to servers via Citrix,
Will look at the other options over the week end.

jrkrideau · Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:12 am Post subject: