Re: [libreoffice-users] default save as ms office format

Hi :)

Tools - Options - +Load/Save - General

Change the middle option "Odf format version" from "1.2 (Extended)" to the older 
"1.0/1.1".  This sets the ODF formats to the ones used by MS Office 2007 & 
2010.  Hopefully they will start using the newer formats in their next 
versions.  


However,if you want to be compatible with MS Office 2003 and earlier then it's 
also worth changing the 2 drop-downs at the bottom of the same page

1.  "Text document" from "ODF Text document" to "Microsoft Word (98/2000/Xp)"
Just roll back upwards one place in that 2nd drop-down.
2.  Change that 1st drop-down to "Spreadsheet" and the 2nd back up the list 2 
places (avoiding the templates options" to set it as "Microsoft Excel 
(98/2000/Xp)"
3.  "Presentations" to "Microsoft Powerpoint (98/2000/Xp)" (2 places again)

There are other options in the Options pop-up box that might be worth exploring 
but those are the main 4 things to change.  Calc uses slightly different formats 
for displaying the formulas but if you save in Calc and then open in Excel each 
program show the correct formula for itself although appear to look slightly 
different on the screen.  Most people wont notice because it all just magically 
works.  


There are some "Getting Started" guides
http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/
and it is also worth installing the help-pack for your language alongside the 
main install.  


A good initial deployment strategy might be to keep MS Office on all machines so 
that people can stay with familiar systems when they are against a sharp 
dead-line but can use LibreOffice when they are in less of a rush.  


Perhaps a 3rd of machines could have LibreOffice as the default Suite but with 
MS Office available from the right-click "Open with  ..." menu.  The rest of the 
machines could use the default for installing LibreOffice which is to leave MS 
Office as the default with LibreOffice available from the same right-click menu 
to "Open with ..".  When you install LibreOffice on the last screen, the one 
with the "Finish" button rather than "Next" there are about 3 tick-boxes that 
allow you to set LibreOffice as the dfault Suite.  As i just said i think those 
are unticked by default.  


Both Suites co-operate when using the older formats of the other.  Using the 
newer formats usually works but not always quite so reliably.
Good luck and regards from
Tom :)





________________________________
From: Dries Feys <dries.feys@tvh.be>
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Wed, 6 July, 2011 11:06:33
Subject: [libreoffice-users] default save as ms office format

Hello,

We're trying to deploy libreoffice to our users, and want to set the 
default document format to the office formats. Some users still use ms 
office, and so the default file format must remain ms-compatible.

Is there a way to give a command line switch upon installation to set this 
preference?

eg for default opening with LibO is /msoreg=1


Met vriendelijke groeten, Cordialement, Regards,

DRIES FEYS
ICT • software development • senior software engineer
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