Writer Guide

Exporting to other formats
OOo uses the term “export” for some file operations involving a change
of file type. If you cannot find what you want under Save As, look
under Export as well.
OpenOffice.org can export files to XHTML. In addition, Writer can
export to BibTeX (.bib), LaTeX 2e (.tex) and MediaWiki (.txt).
To export to one of these formats, choose File > Export. On the Export
dialog, specify a file name for the exported document, then select the
required format in the File format list and click the Export button.
E-mailing Writer documents
OOo provides several ways to quickly and easily send a Writer
document as an e-mail attachment in one of three formats: .ODT
(OpenDocument Text, Writer’s default format), .DOC (Microsoft Word
format), or PDF.
To send the current document in .ODT format:
1) Choose File > Send > Document as E-mail. Writer opens the e-
mail program specified in Tools > Options > Internet > E-
mail. The document is attached.
2) In your e-mail program, enter the recipient, subject, and any text
you want to add, then send the e-mail.
File > Send > E-mail as OpenDocument Text has the same effect.
If you choose E-mail as Microsoft Word, Writer first creates a .DOC
file and then opens your e-mail program with the .DOC file attached.
Similarly, if you choose E-mail as PDF, Writer first creates a PDF
using your default PDF settings (as when using the Export Directly as
PDF toolbar button) and then opens your email program with the .PDF
file attached.
E-mailing a document to several recipients
To e-mail a document to several recipients, you can use the features in
your e-mail program or you can use OOo’s mail merge facilities to
extract email addresses from an address book.
You can use OOo’s mail merge to send e-mail in two ways:
• Use the Mail Merge Wizard to create the document and send it.
See Chapter 11 (Using Mail Merge) for details.
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