Hi Jack

As far as I know, Word can't open a file created in Open Office. But Open
Office can save a file in a Word format. So try opening the file in Open
Office, and saving in a Word format. There are links here that may help:
http://www.google.com/search?num=100...ve+word+format

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"Jack Heery" Jack wrote in message
...
I have files saved from 'openoffice'. They will open, but only in code.
How
can I read them in Word 2000? The message I get is: 'm50EJ.sxw is not a
valid
Win32 application.' (m50EJ is the file name).
Jack