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<bookmark_value>Microsoft Office;new users information</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152801" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="1">$[officename] can open and save documents in the Microsoft Office file formats.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145345" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="2">Opening a Microsoft Office File</paragraph>
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<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 $[officename] file open dialog.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156346" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">MS Office file...</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153543" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">MS Word, *.doc</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147620" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">$[officename] Writer</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154898" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">MS Excel, *.xls</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149580" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">$[officename] Calc</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147574" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">MS PowerPoint, *.ppt, *.pps</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153626" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">$[officename] Impress</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147303" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="12">Saving as a Microsoft Office File</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145068" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Choose <emph>File - Save As</emph>.</paragraph>
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<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>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154138" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="15">Always Save Documents in Microsoft Office Formats</paragraph>
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<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>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3148453" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">In the <emph>Standard file format</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" 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>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156423" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="19"><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="WIN">Always Use $[officename] to Open Microsoft Office Files
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154685" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31"><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="WIN">The following applies to MS Windows only:
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153092" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="20">Converting Many Microsoft Office Files into $[officename] Files</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146986" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">The <emph>Document Converter Wizard</emph> will convert all Microsoft Office files in a folder into $[officename] documents. You can specify the folder to be read, and the folder where the converted files are to be saved. You can limit the conversion to specific file types, such as only Word files, or only templates.</paragraph>
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<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 - Wizard - Document Converter</emph></link> to start the Wizard.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154319" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="23">Macros in Microsoft Office and $[officename]</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154921" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">Microsoft Office and $[officename] cannot run the same macro code. Microsoft Office uses VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) code, and $[officename] uses StarBasic code based on the $[officename] API (Application Program Interface) environment. Although the programming language is the same, the objects and methods are different.</paragraph>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
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<listitem>
<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>
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