File Management in
OpenOffice.org
Title: File Management in OpenOffice.org
Version: 1.0
First edition: December 2004
First English
edition: December 2004
Contents
Overview........................................................................................................................................ iii
Copyright and trademark information........................................................................................iii
Feedback.................................................................................................................................... iii
Acknowledgments......................................................................................................................iii
Modifications and updates......................................................................................................... iii
Opening files....................................................................................................................................1
File formats................................................................................................................................. 2
Default file format.......................................................................................................................2
Opening text format files.............................................................................................................3
Opening spreadsheets..................................................................................................................3
Opening presentations.................................................................................................................4
Opening graphic files.................................................................................................................. 4
Opening formula files..................................................................................................................4
Saving files.......................................................................................................................................4
Password protection.................................................................................................................... 5
Saving a document automatically................................................................................................6
Writer can save to these file formats...........................................................................................7
Calc can save to these file formats.............................................................................................. 7
Impress can save to these file formats.........................................................................................8
Draw can save to these file formats.............................................................................................8
The HTML writer can save in these formats...............................................................................8
AportisDoc and PocketWord files for transport to your PDA.................................................... 8
Exporting files..................................................................................................................................9
XHTML Export...........................................................................................................................9
Export to PDF............................................................................................................................. 9
PDF Options................................................................................................................................9
Deleting and renaming files........................................................................................................... 10
Deleting a file............................................................................................................................11
File associations............................................................................................................................. 11
File Management in OpenOffice.org i
Creating new files.......................................................................................................................... 12
Using the Open and Save As dialogs.............................................................................................13
File Management in OpenOffice.org ii
Overview
This chapter describes basic file management (opening, saving, exporting, deleting, and
renaming files; creating new files; file associations; and using the OpenOffice.org dialogs) in
all components of OpenOffice.org 1.1.x.
Copyright and trademark information
The contents of this Documentation are subject to the Public Documentation License,
Version 1.0 (the "License"); you may only use this Documentation if you comply with the
terms of this License. A copy of the License is available at:
http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/PDL.rtf.
The Original Documentation is File Management in OpenOffice.org. The Initial Writer(s) of
the Original Documentation is/are Linda Worthington © 2004. All Rights Reserved. (Initial
Writer contact(s): lindaw65@earthlink.net. The Initial Writer contact(s) is to report errors in
the documentation. For questions regarding how to use the software, subscribe to the Users
Mail List and post your question there: http://support.openoffice.org/index.html.)
Contributor(s): Ian Laurenson.
Overview
Portions created by Ian Laurenson are Copyright © 2004. All Rights Reserved. (Contributor
contact(s): hillview@paradise.net.nz).
All trademarks within this guide belong to their legitimate owners.
Feedback
Please direct any comments or suggestions about this document to:
authors@user-faq.openoffice.org.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Jean Hollis Weber for expanding and revising this document.
Modifications and updates
Version Date Description of Change
1.0 18 December 2004 First published edition.
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