OpenOffice:WordCompatibility

Open Office saves (by default) its files in a format called Open Document Format (ODF). Unfortunately Word does not recognise this so you need to save your files in a .DOC format mode.

Note: Similar settings are required to change the forat to PowerPoint (PPT) and Excel (XLS).

Saving in Word Format
In order to allow your document to be opened in Microsoft Word you must save it as a doc file.

When you click Save (or Save As) make sure you change the Save as Type to "Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP"



Changing the "Save as type default to MS-Word
You can make this simpler (and makes sure you dont forget to save as .doc) by changing some save settings Select Tools > Options then in the Load/Save | General pane change the "Always save as" to "Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP"