On Wednesday 22 December 2004 09:03 pm, mike hoy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I no longer have access to microsoft word.
>
> I have received a word .doc document
>
> and have to fill in the information and then send it back.
>
> will word be able to handle the file after open office has it?
Based on my experience, yes. If it displays well in OpenOffice.org Writer, it
will save back to the .doc format just fine. If it doesn't display well,
there may be issues when display is attempted in Word. If they used
updatable fields and stuff like that, you may be forced to use Word
somewhere.
Just don't save it in Writer format. Word is not good enough to know how to
support Writer format. ;^)
> Anyone ever have any problems with this?
In any case, they should be able to open and read it. Any problems would be
things like lines or boxes out of place. That may be unacceptably bad in
your situation but the document will still be readable.
> Or should I not even try it.
Um, try it but read in the original and save to a different filename in Word
format so you have the original to go back to if you must.
> The document is important.
If OpenOffice.org will not handle it to your satisfaction, you'll have to find
access to Word somewhere.
> [oh and they refused to send it in any other format]
Yea. People help enforce the monopoly through ignorance or whatever. It
really annoys me when the government does it. But that is another rant.
Alan
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