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opening star office in microsoft word

patrickc · 2008-02-22 19:59:30

hi all my sister has a cv done in star office the app that her college uses, however she's trying to send it to someone and they can't open it, is there an add on for word 2003 to open star office? ive googled it and found open office but that only opens it here, it won't open on microsoft. cheers

22-02-2008 8:59pm

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patrickc

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hi all

my sister has a cv done in star office the app that her college uses, however she's trying to send it to someone and they can't open it, is there an add on for word 2003 to open star office?

ive googled it and found open office but that only opens it here, it won't open on microsoft.

cheers

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#2 22-02-2008 9:02pm

tricky D

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This is how to do it in OpenOffice which should be similar

Tell her to Open the CV, then File>Save As
Beside the Cancel button is save as type, Choose on of the Microsoft Word options. Personally I choose Microsoft Word 95 (the 6th option in my version) and have no problems

hth
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#3 22-02-2008 9:07pm

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http://www.media-convert.com/

This should convert it...

Nick

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#4 22-02-2008 9:51pm

patrickc

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cheers lads thanks

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