On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 7:06 AM David Hunt <davidze...@live.co.uk> wrote:
> I have started using Open Office on my HP PC, with Windows 10. > Sadly any document I send out can be read by other windows users, but I > phone and some I pads complain that all documents are scrambled or Zipped.? > > Any suggestions please. > Howdy, So, the files which you refer to as OpenOffice files are actually in a standard format referred to as OpenDocument or ODF for short. Apple, Inc does not, as you have heard, support files in that format with any of their native tools. However there are apps available on iPhone and iPad which do read and write ODF files. As Martin mentioned, and assuming you only want the iPhone and iPad users to be able to read the file, then exporting as PDF is the easiest solution and Safari browser will display those without any additional software needed. If you really want them to read the ODF directly or if you want them to be able to edit those files then the users must install one of several available apps. OOReader is a free app in the Apple Store that will give read only access to the files. Collabora has an app available in the Apple Store which will read and write ODF files on iPhone or iPad devices. Microsoft Office, including the scaled down web based offerings will both read and write ODF files (in fact the MS tools can be setup to use ODF by default) There are others as well - the key is to look for ODF compatibility. The hassle is of course that the person you are sending the file too will need to install one of those, or have an account for MSO web tools, and you would likely need to let them know about that when you mail them the files. I hope that helps, Drew > I do not have Microsoft Office any more, corrupted and Microsoft support > totally unhelpful. > > Dave Thanks in hope. > > Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > Windows 10 > >
