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In my experience Open Office opens most word files and edits thm fine .. but I have seen issues where the saved doc didn't open on the other end correctly when converted back to MS Office. So it depends a bit on needs.




Rharv, I experienced that exact problem this past Friday. OO saved a Word document in a newer format than the recipient's copy of MS Word and, consequently, she couldn't open it until I re-sent it in an older Word format. OO will emulate most Word documents but it requires knowing which version of Word the recipient is running.