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Opening files

Opening text documents

In addition to the native OpenDocument formats (.odt and .ott), OpenOffice.org Writer 2.0 can import the following text document formats:

Microsoft Word 6.0/95/97/2000/XP) (.doc, .dot)

WordPerfect Document (.wpd)

Microsoft Word 2003 XML (.xml)

WPS 2000/Office 1.0 (.wps)

Microsoft Winword 5 (.doc)

DocBook (.xml)

StarWriter formats (.sdw, .sgl, .vor)

Ichitaro 8/9/10/11 (.jtd, .jtt)

AportisDoc (Palm) (.pdb)

Hangul WP 97 (.hwp)

Pocket Word (.psw)

.rtf, .txt, .csv

When opening .HTM or .HTML files, OpenOffice.org customizes Writer for working with these files.

Opening spreadsheets

In addition to the native OpenDocument formats (.ods and .ots), OpenOffice.org Calc 2.0 can open the following spreadsheet formats:

Microsoft Excel 97/2000/XP (.xls, .xlw, .xlt)

Rich Text Format (.rtf)

Microsoft Excel 4.x–5/95 (.xls and .xlw, .xlt)

Text CSV (.csv and .txt)

Microsoft Excel 2003 XML (.xml)

Lotus 1-2-3 (.wk1 and .wk1)

Data Interchange Format (.dif)

StarCalc formats (.sdc, .vor)

dBase (.dbf)

SYLK (.slk)

.htm and .html files including Web page queries

Pocket Excel (pxl)

Quattro Pro 6.0 (.wb2)


Opening presentations

In addition to the native OpenDocument formats (.odp and .otp), OpenOffice.org Impress 2.0 can open the following presentation formats:

Microsoft PowerPoint 97/2000/XP (.ppt, .pps)

Computer Graphics Metafile (.cgm)

Microsoft PowerPoint 97/2000/XP Template (.pot)

StarDraw, StarImpress (.sda, .sdd, .sdp, .vor)

Opening graphics files

In addition to the native OpenDocument formats (.odg, and .otg), OpenOffice.org Draw 2.0 can open the following graphic formats:

BMP

JPEG, JPG

PCX

PSD

SGV

WMF

DXF

MET

PGM

RAS

SVM

XBM

EMF

PBM

PLT

SDA

TGA

XPM

EPS

PCD

PNG

SDD

TIF, TIFF


GIF

PCT

PPM

SGF

VOR


Opening formula files

In addition to OpenDocument Formula files, OpenOffice.org Math 2.0 can open the StarMath (.smf) and MathML (.mml) files.

When opening a Word document that contains an embedded equation editor object, select the [L] checkbox for MathType to OpenOffice.org Math/OpenOffice.org Math to MathType in Tools > Options > Load/Save > Microsoft Office and the object will be automatically converted to an OpenOffice.org Math object.

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