13 Content & Document Management Systems, Search Technology.8 Communication Servers (Email, Calendar, IM).7 Communication Clients (Email, Calendar, IM).2 Language Packs, Dictionaries & localized Versions.

Within the commercial solutions those are listed first where it is known that the vendors/organizations contribute or have contributed to .ĭISCLAIMER: Since the status of and the information about solutions can change, please check always the solution's website for the latest information. Solutions free of cost are listed first whereas commercial solutions are listed last. For companion products like the email and calendar servers the actual office suite flavor makes no difference, and thus does not affect the order in this list. If the people you are sending to do not need to edit the files then it is best to send them a PDF as then no matter what office suite they use it will be possible for them to read and print the files.The goal of this page is to list free and commercial solutions that might be important and helpful to companies, organizations, and individuals who want to adopt .įor each category first those solutions are listed that focus on 'vanilla' (the Apache OpenOffice that can be downloaded from ) instead of -based products like the Oracle Open Office software or Novell's edition of. But always then go back to the native OOo version to continue working.

xls format if you need to distribute it in MS Office formats. ods etc) and then use Save As to save a copy in. It is always safer to work in the native OOo formats (.odt and. Make sure the 'Automatic file name extension' option is checked. If is is Word then you need to have saved it in Word format, so that Word can understand it.įile > Save As and select 'Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP' from the 'Save as type' dropdown menu. If it is OOo then you don't need to do anything. If they want to open it and edit it, then you need toknow what they are going to open it with. There is a PDF button right next to the print icon on the toolbar. What do I need to do so that potential employers can open my resume, if I don't know what system they are using? Thank you I sent it to a friend with a Mac, and she could open it. When I email my resume, created in Open Office, it opens as jibberish on the other end.

Cindy5522 wrote:Could you dumb it down a little please? I am not very computer literate.

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