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  • Started 5 years ago by Aleeve
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CPJames19
Posts: 101

OpenOffice all the way!

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jack7h3r1pp3r
jack7h3r1pp3r
Posts: 2815

free is the best way to go.

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Aleeve
Aleeve
Posts: 2818

@LukeTurnbull

you can change the default save format to the 97-03 compatible thing, so then all ur problems are solved! (u dont really need the new format anyways!)
click the office icon top left, click word (or whatever) options
click save, click the drop down where you choose the format
choose the compatible one, and then hit ok
voila! all problems solved!

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whs
whs
Posts: 17584

Aleeve, I think Luke knows how to do it, he just forgets to operate the dropdown at times. But you can set the 97-2003 format (or any other available format) as permanent default.
Click the Office Orb (top left) in Word > Word Options (on the bottom of the orb window) > Save > Save files in this format -- here you can set the default > OK and off you go. You have to restart Word for it to take effect.

Edit: Aleeve, rereading your post I am not quite sure whether your guidance was for a permanent default setting too. If it was intended to be that, I am not clear on how that works. Sorry, but I am kind of lost there.

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Aleeve
Aleeve
Posts: 2818

whs, you said exactly the same thing as i said!
yes it was for permanent

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whs
whs
Posts: 17584

Now that you say that, I guess you are right. At least it should be double clear for CPJames now. Sorry for my sudden incomprehension.

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jack7h3r1pp3r
jack7h3r1pp3r
Posts: 2815

@whs if you are lost you should stay where you are and wait for an adult to assist you back to where you are supposed to be ;)

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whs
whs
Posts: 17584

mean kid

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jack7h3r1pp3r
jack7h3r1pp3r
Posts: 2815

@whs did you do a edit so it didn''t say that you are lost?

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whs
whs
Posts: 17584

Why should I edit - I was lost at that moment. Things like that happen.

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mysticgeek
Posts: 0

It's very good!

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jack7h3r1pp3r
jack7h3r1pp3r
Posts: 2815

no my eyes have failed me again you didn't edit and i didn't want you to i just couldn't find where you said it at the time so sorry for the confussion

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Aleeve
Aleeve
Posts: 2818

haha

no probs whs

(there must be a phrase about when your told something twice you do it better!)

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Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Posts: 13598

When you're told something twice, you do it half as better?

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Aleeve
Aleeve
Posts: 2818

:P

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jack7h3r1pp3r
jack7h3r1pp3r
Posts: 2815

:):_

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Aleeve
Aleeve
Posts: 2818

? :_ ?

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whs
whs
Posts: 17584

Is that a kind of new morse code?

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Aleeve
Aleeve
Posts: 2818

i know not
jack what does :_ mean?

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jack7h3r1pp3r
jack7h3r1pp3r
Posts: 2815

it's like a of the the side smile thing i think i just made it up. :_

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