NewsForge: Sharing Files Between OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Office

“Even if you’re the most dedicated OpenOffice.org (OOo) user in
the world, sooner or later you’ll be asked to share files with
someone using Microsoft Office. Some free software advocates refuse
outright, or suggest outputting to HTML, PDF, or RTF formats, but
these aren’t always options–especially if your boss is the one
doing the asking. However, with a few preparations and a sense of
what works and what doesn’t, you can usually share files with
Microsoft Office users with a minimum of headaches on both sides.
Here’s how.

“In OpenOffice.org, you can use File > Wizards > Document
Converter to convert all the Microsoft Office files in a folder to
OOo format…”

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