I have switched to LibreOffice 3.6. I can no longer open .xls and .docs files sent from a computer with MS Office. What can I do to open those types of documents?
Open them with libre office and save them as .xl or .doc files to open them with older versions of office. Or it may be easier to install the Compatibility Pack.
Sorry, I misread your post. The files were sent with MS Office. You weren't trying to open them with MS Office. I agree with ravencajun. Try a reinstall.
RC & Bob, Thanks for the reply's. I am sorta, meybee dissapointed with LibreOffice. It takes a very long time to load each time I look at my calender or any other document. This may be the perfect time to change programs...again. The next one on my list will be Openoffice. Now, a loaded question for you two: Can I just delete LibreOffice 3.6 and install OpenOffice without loosing all the doccuments I have on the desktop and My Doc's??? Steve
RC & Bob, What a painless switchover. I now have Apache Open Office. FWI LibraOffice with Help 565,000 MB MS Office Pro 2003 366.00 MB Apache Open Office 314.00 MB As you can see, I saved a lot of disk space. Once again, thanks for your help. Steve
I have taken most of your holiday...please allow me one more question. I have a letter in my INBOX (Outlook Express) that has an .XLS attatchment. I can get the text from the letter just fine, when I click on the attatchment, I get this message. "The operating System is not presently configured to run this application" The sender told me it was a membership list, which probably includes names, phone numbers and e-mail addresses. I am using X-P SP3. Any and all suggestions welcome. Steve
Well, I clicked on SAVE AS and it went to MY DOC's. I was still unable to open it from there. Same error message as before. I e-mailed it to friend, she could open it (She uses MS Office)but could not send it back opened. Steve
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