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Reading a Linux Document with MSWord?
I would like to read documents prepared by a colleague using the Linux 'word'
program (not sure of the name), which is the only word program on his computer. These documents can be given to me on a USB device, to be read on my Thinkpad, which is loaded only with Windows Office 2003 (including Word). If Office/Word, as currently loaded, cannot read these files, is there something I can load onto my computer (short of the whole Linux program) in order to be able to read these files and, if necessary, to upload the files onto my computer so that I can edit them in Word? Will my colleague (with only Linux) be able then to read the documents that I have edited in Word (if I send them back to him in Word? Will he need to load Word? Thanks. |
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Reading a Linux Document with MSWord?
If your friend is using Open Office he should be able to save the files in a Microsoft Word format as an option and he should also
be able to open Microsoft Word documents (.doc) that you send. Microsoft Word does not read Open Office word processing documents on its own. There are add-ins available to do the conversion,such as http://sourceforge.net/projects/odf-converter/ or you can download Open Office (free) from http://openoffice.org ============= "PeeDee" wrote in message ... I would like to read documents prepared by a colleague using the Linux 'word' program (not sure of the name), which is the only word program on his computer. These documents can be given to me on a USB device, to be read on my Thinkpad, which is loaded only with Windows Office 2003 (including Word). If Office/Word, as currently loaded, cannot read these files, is there something I can load onto my computer (short of the whole Linux program) in order to be able to read these files and, if necessary, to upload the files onto my computer so that I can edit them in Word? Will my colleague (with only Linux) be able then to read the documents that I have edited in Word (if I send them back to him in Word? Will he need to load Word? Thanks. -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Reading a Linux Document with MSWord?
Bob, you were very kind to respond to my recent post about the MSWord on my computer being able to read Linux/OpenOffice word documents that might be sent to me in that system's format. You suggested the possibility of using add-ins available to do the conversion at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/odf-converter/ I have visited the site and see that there are quite a few download possibilities for, it would seem, the entire MSOffice suite. If I am only interested in word processed documents sent in a Linux file format, are there just certain items at SourceForge that I should download? Sorry, but I'm not sure if I need something overall plus something just for MSWord. Thanks again, Peedee "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: If your friend is using Open Office he should be able to save the files in a Microsoft Word format as an option and he should also be able to open Microsoft Word documents (.doc) that you send. Microsoft Word does not read Open Office word processing documents on its own. There are add-ins available to do the conversion,such as http://sourceforge.net/projects/odf-converter/ or you can download Open Office (free) from http://openoffice.org ============= "PeeDee" wrote in message ... I would like to read documents prepared by a colleague using the Linux 'word' program (not sure of the name), which is the only word program on his computer. These documents can be given to me on a USB device, to be read on my Thinkpad, which is loaded only with Windows Office 2003 (including Word). If Office/Word, as currently loaded, cannot read these files, is there something I can load onto my computer (short of the whole Linux program) in order to be able to read these files and, if necessary, to upload the files onto my computer so that I can edit them in Word? Will my colleague (with only Linux) be able then to read the documents that I have edited in Word (if I send them back to him in Word? Will he need to load Word? Thanks. -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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