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When in doubt just use the older version for saving files.
Originally Posted By: Shannow
Word 97/2000/xp is what I asked for for formal documentation up until early this year.
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If worst comes to worst, microsoft has a free download that lets you view/print word output.
.pdf is also worth considering if you want your thing to look the same on any computer.
Word 97/2000/xp is what I asked for for formal documentation up until early this year.
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If worst comes to worst, microsoft has a free download that lets you view/print word output.
.pdf is also worth considering if you want your thing to look the same on any computer.
PDFs look the same on any platform/OS and are your best bet for true interchangeability. Otherwise RTF as it's readable by nearly everything but not good for heavily formatted documents.
If working with a business/corporate environment Word 97 (.doc) files are by far the norm, unfortunately.
If working with a business/corporate environment Word 97 (.doc) files are by far the norm, unfortunately.
Originally Posted By: eljefino
Originally Posted By: Shannow
Word 97/2000/xp is what I asked for for formal documentation up until early this year.
+1
If worst comes to worst, microsoft has a free download that lets you view/print word output.
.pdf is also worth considering if you want your thing to look the same on any computer.
I use a Mac. I want to give someone who uses a PC a formatted letter that I wrote in Libre Office. All that matters to me is that the PC user can open the file and that it's properly formatted.
Originally Posted By: Shannow
Word 97/2000/xp is what I asked for for formal documentation up until early this year.
+1
If worst comes to worst, microsoft has a free download that lets you view/print word output.
.pdf is also worth considering if you want your thing to look the same on any computer.
I use a Mac. I want to give someone who uses a PC a formatted letter that I wrote in Libre Office. All that matters to me is that the PC user can open the file and that it's properly formatted.
Use the office format if they have office.
PDFs are great but don't allow editing beyond initial creation without authoring software.
PDFs are great but don't allow editing beyond initial creation without authoring software.
97/2000/XP is the most preferred
Originally Posted By: Volvo_ST1
I use a Mac. I want to give someone who uses a PC a formatted letter that I wrote in Libre Office. All that matters to me is that the PC user can open the file and that it's properly formatted.
If you don't need them to be able to edit the document and you want to be absolutely sure that it looks exactly the same on their machine, then PDF would be the way to go.
I use a Mac. I want to give someone who uses a PC a formatted letter that I wrote in Libre Office. All that matters to me is that the PC user can open the file and that it's properly formatted.
If you don't need them to be able to edit the document and you want to be absolutely sure that it looks exactly the same on their machine, then PDF would be the way to go.
What does the recipient want? It's not too hard to save or export to those formats. So why not ask the one who gets the file what they prefer to use?
Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Originally Posted By: Volvo_ST1
I use a Mac. I want to give someone who uses a PC a formatted letter that I wrote in Libre Office. All that matters to me is that the PC user can open the file and that it's properly formatted.
If you don't need them to be able to edit the document and you want to be absolutely sure that it looks exactly the same on their machine, then PDF would be the way to go.
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Originally Posted By: Volvo_ST1
I use a Mac. I want to give someone who uses a PC a formatted letter that I wrote in Libre Office. All that matters to me is that the PC user can open the file and that it's properly formatted.
If you don't need them to be able to edit the document and you want to be absolutely sure that it looks exactly the same on their machine, then PDF would be the way to go.
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