OpenOffice: Save documents automatically as DOC

If you always need your documents in "DOC format", you can have them automatically saved as a Word file in OpenOffice. We will show you how to set this automatism quickly.

Always save OpenOffice documents as DOC

One of the big pluses of OpenOffice is undoubtedly its compatibility with other formats. So it is no problem to edit Word documents with OpenOffice or to save OpenOffice documents in Word format DOC. If you want this to happen automatically, proceed as follows:

1. Click on "Extra" in the Writer menu and then select "Settings" from the drop-down menu.
2. In the "Options" menu, switch to the "Load / Save" area and click on the "General" option.
3. Various word formats are available under the menu item "Always save as".
4. Select "Microsoft Word 97/2000 / XP" for the DOC format.
5. Finally you have to confirm your choice with "OK" and from now on your Writer files will automatically be saved as Word-DOC.

Of course you can not only automate the storage format in OpenOffice, you can also automatically number the pages in OpenOffice.