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=== Converting text files (LibreOffice) ===

=== Converting text files (LibreOffice) ===

The formats that LibreOffice saves files conform to the ‘Open Document Format’ for text (odt or open document text), spreadsheet (ods or open document spreadsheet), and presentation (odp or open document presentation). You can convert a document which is in another format into these formats by simply opening the document in LibreOffice and then using <u>File → Save As</u> to save in these open formats.

The formats that LibreOffice saves files in, conform to the ‘[[wikipedia:OpenDocument|Open Document Format]]’ for text (odt or open document text), spreadsheet (ods or open document spreadsheet), and presentation (odp or open document presentation). You can convert a document which is in another format into these formats by simply opening the document in LibreOffice and then using <u>File → Save As</u> to save in these open formats.  

LibreOffice Writer can open a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office Microsoft Office] 'Word' file. It can edit this file and 'save as' a odt file. It also lets you save it as a doc or docx file. Similarly Calc and Impress can open, edit and save Microsoft Office [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Excel 'Excel'] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PowerPoint 'PowerPoint'] files.

You can, for instance, open a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Word 'Word'] document in a docx format, in LibreOffice Writer and then 'save as' odt. Similarly Calc lets you save a 'xls' file as a 'ods' file and Impress lets you save a 'ppt file as a 'odp' file. You can thus use LibreOffice to convert files in text formats.  

LibreOffice Writer can open a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office Microsoft Office] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Word Word] document, in a doc or docx format. It can edit this file and 'save as' a odt file. It also lets you save it as a doc or docx file.  Similarly LibreOffice Calc lets you open a Microsoft Office [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Excel 'Excel']  'xls' file and save it as an 'ods' file.  LibreOffice Impress lets you open  a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PowerPoint 'PowerPoint'] 'ppt file and save it as a 'odp' file. You can thus use LibreOffice to convert files in text formats.

You can also save a LibreOffice file as a web page (html format). A file saved as a web page can be opened by a web browser.   

You can also save a LibreOffice file as a web page (html format). A file saved as a web page can be opened by a web browser.