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38 <topic id=
"textsharedguidems_userxml" indexer=
"include">
39 <title id=
"tit" xml-lang=
"en-US">Using Microsoft Office and $[officename]
</title>
40 <filename>/text/shared/guide/ms_user.xhp
</filename>
44 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"index" id=
"bm_id3150789"><bookmark_value>Office;Microsoft Office and $[officename]
</bookmark_value>
45 <bookmark_value>Microsoft Office;new users information
</bookmark_value>
46 <bookmark_value>opening;Microsoft Office files
</bookmark_value>
47 <bookmark_value>saving;in Microsoft Office file format
</bookmark_value>
48 <bookmark_value>macros; in MS Office documents
</bookmark_value>
50 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3150789" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"1" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"30"><variable id=
"ms_user"><link href=
"text/shared/guide/ms_user.xhp" name=
"Using Microsoft Office and $[officename]">Using Microsoft Office and $[officename]
</link>
51 </variable></paragraph>
52 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3152801" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"CHG" oldref=
"1">$[officename] can open and save documents in the Microsoft Office file formats. Microsoft Office Open XML formats can be read, but not saved.
</paragraph>
53 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3145345" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"2">Opening a Microsoft Office File
</paragraph>
56 <paragraph role=
"listitem" id=
"par_id3147008" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"3">Choose
<emph>File - Open
</emph>. Select a Microsoft Office file in the $[officename] file open dialog.
</paragraph>
59 <table id=
"tbl_id3147653">
62 <paragraph role=
"tablehead" id=
"par_id3156346" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"4">MS Office file...
</paragraph>
65 <paragraph role=
"tablehead" id=
"par_id3155342" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"5">...will open in $[officename] module
</paragraph>
70 <paragraph role=
"tablecontent" id=
"par_id3153543" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"6">MS Word, *.doc, *.docx
</paragraph>
73 <paragraph role=
"tablecontent" id=
"par_id3147620" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"7">$[officename] Writer
</paragraph>
78 <paragraph role=
"tablecontent" id=
"par_id3154898" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"8">MS Excel, *.xls, *.xlsx
</paragraph>
81 <paragraph role=
"tablecontent" id=
"par_id3149580" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"9">$[officename] Calc
</paragraph>
86 <paragraph role=
"tablecontent" id=
"par_id3147574" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"10">MS PowerPoint, *.ppt, *.pps, *.pptx
</paragraph>
89 <paragraph role=
"tablecontent" id=
"par_id3153626" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"11">$[officename] Impress
</paragraph>
94 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3147303" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"12">Saving as a Microsoft Office File
</paragraph>
97 <paragraph role=
"listitem" id=
"par_id3145068" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"13">Choose
<emph>File - Save As
</emph>.
</paragraph>
100 <paragraph role=
"listitem" id=
"par_id3153379" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"14">In the
<emph>File type
</emph> box, select a Microsoft Office file format.
</paragraph>
103 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3154138" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"CHG" oldref=
"15">Saving Documents by Default in Microsoft Office Formats
</paragraph>
104 <list type=
"ordered">
106 <paragraph role=
"listitem" id=
"par_id3144760" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"16">Choose
<link href=
"text/shared/optionen/01010200.xhp" name=
"Tools - Options - Load/Save - General"><emph>Tools - Options - Load/Save - General
</emph></link>.
</paragraph>
109 <paragraph role=
"listitem" id=
"par_id3148453" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"17">In the
<emph>Default file format
</emph> area, first select a document type, then select the file type for saving.
</paragraph>
112 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3149807" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"18">From now on, if you save a document, the
<emph>File type
</emph>will be set according to your choice. Of course, you still can select another file type in the file save dialog.
</paragraph>
113 <switch select=
"sys">
115 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3156423" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"CHG" oldref=
"19">Opening Microsoft Office Files by Default
</paragraph>
116 <embed href=
"text/shared/guide/ms_doctypes.xhp#ms_extensions"/>
119 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3153092" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"CHG" oldref=
"20">Converting Many Microsoft Office Files into OpenDocument Format
</paragraph>
120 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3146986" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"CHG" oldref=
"21">The
<emph>Document Converter Wizard
</emph> will copy and convert all Microsoft Office files in a folder into $[officename] documents in the OpenDocument file format. You can specify the folder to be read, and the folder where the converted files are to be saved.
</paragraph>
121 <list type=
"ordered">
123 <paragraph role=
"listitem" id=
"par_id3150486" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"22">Choose
<link href=
"text/shared/autopi/01130000.xhp" name=
"File - AutoPilot - Document Converter"><emph>File - Wizards - Document Converter
</emph></link> to start the wizard.
</paragraph>
126 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3154319" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"23">Macros in Microsoft Office and $[officename]
</paragraph>
127 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3154921" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"24">With a few exceptions, Microsoft Office and $[officename] cannot run the same macro code. Microsoft Office uses VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) code, and $[officename] uses Basic code based on the $[officename] API (Application Program Interface) environment. Although the programming language is the same, the objects and methods are different.
</paragraph>
128 <paragraph role=
"note" id=
"par_id0804200804173539" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW">The most recent versions of %PRODUCTNAME can run some Excel Visual Basic scripts if you enable this feature at
<item type=
"menuitem">Tools - Options - Load/Save - VBA Properties
</item>.
</paragraph>
129 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3152577" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"25">If you use macros in one of the applications and want to use the same functionality in the other application, you must edit the macros. $[officename] can load the macros that are contained within Microsoft Office files and you can then view and edit the macro code in the $[officename]
<link href=
"text/shared/main0600.xhp" name=
"Basic IDE">Basic IDE
</link> editor.
</paragraph>
130 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3152596" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"3" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"26">You can choose to preserve or delete VBA macros
</paragraph>
131 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3153144" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"27">Open a Microsoft Office document that contains VBA macro code. Change only the normal contents (text, cells, graphics), and do not edit the macros. Save the document as a Microsoft Office file type. Open the file in Microsoft Office, and the VBA macros will run as before.
</paragraph>
132 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3150011" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"28">You may delete the VBA macros from the Microsoft Office file on loading or on saving.
</paragraph>
133 <list type=
"ordered">
135 <paragraph role=
"listitem" id=
"par_id3155366" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"29">Choose
<link href=
"text/shared/optionen/01130100.xhp" name=
"Tools - Options - Load/Save - VBA Properties"><emph>Tools - Options - Load/Save - VBA Properties
</emph></link> to set the VBA macro handling of $[officename].
</paragraph>
138 <embed href=
"text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/>
139 <embed href=
"text/shared/guide/ms_import_export_limitations.xhp#about"/>
140 <embed href=
"text/shared/guide/doc_open.xhp#doc_open"/>
141 <embed href=
"text/shared/guide/import_ms.xhp#import_ms"/>
142 <embed href=
"text/shared/guide/export_ms.xhp#export_ms"/>
143 <switch select=
"sys">
144 <case select=
"WIN"><embed href=
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