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invested in interoperability, occasionally there are still formatting issues. If you have
problems with your documents, consider opening them in the original application and
resaving them in an open format such as RTF for text documents. In case of migration
problems with spreadsheets however, it is advisable to re-save them as Excel file and
use this as intermediate format (with CSV format you would lose all cell formatting
and CVS sometimes leads to incorrect cell type detection for spreadsheets).
TIP: OpenOffice.org Migration Guide
For good information about migrating from other office suites to OpenOf-
fice.org, refer to the OpenOffice.org Migration Guide at
documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/
0600MG-MigrationGuide.pdf.
1.4.1 Converting Documents to the
OpenOffice.org can read, edit, and save documents in a number of formats. It is not
necessary to convert files from those formats to the OpenOffice.org format to use those
files. However, if you want to convert the files, you can do so. To convert a number of
documents, such as when first switching to OpenOffice.org, do the following:
1 Select File > Wizards > Document Converter.
2 Choose the file format from which to convert.
3 Click Next.
4 Specify where OpenOffice.org should look for templates and documents to
5 Make sure that all other settings are appropriate, then click Next.
6 Application Guide
OpenOffice.org Format
There are several StarOffice and Microsoft Office formats available.
convert and in which directory the converted files should be placed.
Documents retrieved from a Windows partition are usually in a subdirectory of
/windows.
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