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Re: [LUG] Windows Word and Open Office

 

>> I am the (stand in) editor of a small magazine.  I use open office,
>> everyone
>> else uses Word.  So far I have had no real problems importing their word
>> stuff.  However when I export my finished draft as a Microsoft Word .doc
>> document other members of the committee find it comes out all other the
>> place
>> (the formating is lost).  Is there another format that Word can import
>> that I
>> should try?  (Or is the problem more basic like printer settings, but I
>> would
>> have thought that my document would force my settings on the other
>> machine?)
>>
> Hmm...when you say comes out all over the place do you mean when they
> print it?! If that's the case maybe just export it as a pdf and send
> that to them.
>
> Or if not send them all copies of OpenOffice!
>
> Jon

I'm up for the latter option... but PDF works too ;-)


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