Opening documents saved in other formats

You can open a document saved in another format by using the following procedure:

Choose File - Open.
Select a format from the Files of type list.
Select a file name and click Open.

If you always want the file dialogs to show another format by default, choose - Load/Save - General and select that format as Default file format.

Converting all documents of a folder

Open the wizard, which guides you through the operation, to copy and convert all documents from Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel or Microsoft PowerPoint into OpenDocument file format documents. You can select a source and target directory, specify whether to convert documents and/or templates, and more besides.

Choose File - Wizards - Document Converter.

XML File Formats

Saving Documents in Other Formats

About Converting Microsoft Office Documents

Using Microsoft Office and Collabora Office

Working with VBA code

Setting the default file format

Changing the Association of Microsoft Office Document Types

Opening documents saved in other formats

Converting all documents of a folder

Opening HTML files in Writer