Open Office will open and read a document made in Open Office and/or a document made in Microsoft Office.

Microsoft office will open and read a document made in Microsoft Office but NOT in Open Office.

What this means is that if you save your Open Office documents in the Microsoft format you (and anyone you forward them to) will be able to open them in EITHER Microsoft Office or Open Office.

So PLEASE do not save your Open Office Documents in Open Office - save them in Microsoft Office format.

If you need help with this please let me know.

Thanks,
Mindy