Writer Guide

saved password protected. If the passwords do not match, you
receive the prompt to enter the password again.
Note
Passwords must contain a minimum of 5 characters. Until you
have entered 5 characters, the OK button remains inactive.
Saving a document automatically
You can choose to have Writer save your document automatically at
regular intervals. Automatic saving, like manual saving, overwrites the
last saved state of the file. To set up automatic file saving:
1) Select Tools > Options > Load/Save > General.
2) Click on Save AutoRecovery information every. This enables
the box to set the interval. The default value is 30 minutes. Enter
the value you want by typing it or by pressing the up or down
arrow keys.
Saving as a Microsoft Word document
You may need to share your documents with other people who do not
use OpenOffice.org, but use Microsoft Word instead. Fortunately,
OpenOffice.org can read and write Word files.
To save a document as a Microsoft Word file:
1) First save your document in OpenOffice.org’s format (*.odt). If
you do not, any changes you made since the last time you saved
will only appear in the Microsoft Word version of the document.
2) Then click File > Save As. The Save As dialog box (Figure 17)
appears.
3) In the Save as type drop-down menu, select the type of Word
format you need.
4) Click Save.
From this point on, all changes you make to the document will occur
only in the Microsoft Word document . You have actually changed the
name of your document. If you want to go back to working with the
OpenOffice.org version of your document, you must open it again.
Tip
To have OOo save documents by default in the Microsoft Word
file format, go to Tools > Options > Load/Save > General. In
the section named Default file format , under Document type ,
select Text document, then under Always save as , select your
preferred file format.
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