Open a microsoft word document with open office?

Is there a way to open a Microsoft Word document with Open Office maybe with a file converter program or something.


I've been trying to open a file I emailed my self but I can't. The file is a Microsoft Word document and I only have Open Office.


The document was from Microsoft office 2007. Having trouble finding a converter. =( The file is an attachment in my email. What can I do?

Open a microsoft word document with open office?
I suspect the problem is that it's an Office 2007 document, which is a docx format. This is messing up a lot of people. You might want to go to the Open Office website and see if they've issued any updates or patches so that Open Office can handle the docx format.





The only other solution is when/if you can, go back to where you sent the document from (work? School?) and resave it as a Microsoft word 2003 version (which will be the more common .doc format, and that OpenOffice can handle just fine.)
Reply:In Office 2007 you have to do a "Save As" so it is compatible with older versions of Office and Open Office.





The Office 2007 extensions adds an "x" to the end like, .docx which is incompatible with older versions of Microsoft Office and Open Office.
Reply:Microsoft office 2007 creates documents in docx format.


I think Open Office does not have the converters.


You have to 'Save As' Word 2003 compatible doc file while saving the document in Word.
Reply:try looking for novells Office Open XML converter, it worked for me on linux.

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