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<bookmark_value>Microsoft Office;new users information</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>opening;Microsoft Office files</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152801">$[officename] can open and save documents in the Microsoft Office file formats, including Microsoft Office Open XML formats.</paragraph>
<h2 id="hd_id3145345">Opening a Microsoft Office File</h2>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3147008">Choose <emph>File - Open</emph>. Select a Microsoft Office file in the $[officename] file open dialog.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153543">Microsoft Word, *.doc, *.docx</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3147620">$[officename] Writer</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3147574">Microsoft PowerPoint, *.ppt, *.pps, *.pptx</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153626">$[officename] Impress</paragraph>
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<h2 id="hd_id3147303">Saving as a Microsoft Office File</h2>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145068">Choose <emph>File - Save As</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153379">In the <emph>File type</emph> box, select a Microsoft Office file format.</paragraph>
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<h2 id="hd_id3154138">Saving Documents by Default in Microsoft Office Formats</h2>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3144760">Choose <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><emph>%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</emph></caseinline><defaultinline><emph>Tools - Options</emph></defaultinline></switchinline><emph> - </emph><link href="text/shared/optionen/01010200.xhp"><emph>Load/Save - General</emph></link>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3148453">In the <emph>Default file format and ODF settings</emph> area, first select a document type, then select the file type for saving.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149807">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>
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<h2 id="hd_id3153092">Converting Many Microsoft Office Files into OpenDocument Format</h2>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146986">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>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150486">Choose <link href="text/shared/autopi/01130000.xhp"><emph>File - Wizards - Document Converter</emph></link> to start the wizard.</paragraph>
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<h2 id="hd_id3154319">Macros in Microsoft Office and $[officename]</h2>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154921">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>
<note id="par_id0804200804173539">The most recent versions of %PRODUCTNAME can run some Excel Visual Basic scripts if you enable this feature at <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><item type="menuitem">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</item></caseinline><defaultinline><item type="menuitem">Tools - Options</item></defaultinline></switchinline><item type="menuitem"> - Load/Save - VBA Properties</item>.</note>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152577">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">Basic IDE</link> editor.</paragraph>
<h3 id="hd_id3152596">You can choose to preserve or delete VBA macros</h3>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153144">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>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150011">You may delete the VBA macros from the Microsoft Office file on loading or on saving.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155366">Choose <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><emph>%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</emph></caseinline><defaultinline><emph>Tools - Options</emph></defaultinline></switchinline><emph> - </emph><link href="text/shared/optionen/01130100.xhp"><emph>Load/Save - VBA Properties</emph></link> to set the VBA macro handling of $[officename].</paragraph>
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