[NTLUG:Discuss] open office word processor & odt file format

[Dennis Myhand]

Allen Meyers wrote:
> Not thinking when I was in Linux I created a rather long document in
> open office in odt file format whose destination among others was a
> windows only user.
> My question is 2 fold (a) how do I convert this doc so the MS user can
> read it? (b) what must I do in the future to take these windows users
> into consideration when creating a word processing doc.
> 
> Thanks in advance as this XP user is on my case. Yes he is one of
> those Linux oh no characters.
> 
> Allen
> 

Open the document in Open Office and save it as a .rtf file.  If you 
save your documents as .rtf (Rich Text Format) they can be opened by any 
word processor program.