Operation Manual

Working with documents
Chapter 1, Introducing LibreOffice, includes instructions on starting new documents, opening
existing documents, saving documents, and password-protecting documents. Chapter 3, Using
Styles and Templates, covers how to create a document from a template.
Saving as a Microsoft Word file
If you need to exchange documents with users of Microsoft Word who are unwilling or unable to
receive ODT files, you can open, edit, and save documents in Microsoft Word formats.
You can also create and edit ODT files and then save them as DOC or DOCX files. To do this:
1) Important—First save your document in the file format used by LibreOffice Writer (ODT). If
you do not, any changes you made since the last time you saved will appear only in the
Microsoft Word version of the document.
2) Then choose File > Save As. On the Save As dialog (Figure 66), in the File type (or Save
as type) drop-down menu, select the type of Word format you need. Files cannot be saved
to the Word version 6.0/95 file format. Click Save.
From this point on, all changes you make to the document will occur only in the new document.
You have changed the name and file type of your document. If you want to go back to working with
the ODT version of your document, you must open it again.
Figure 66: Saving a file in Microsoft Word format
Tip
Saving in ODF format gives you the option to redo the document if the recipient of your
document experiences trouble with the Microsoft format.
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