Changes

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.

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, which is an open format). A file saved as a web page can be opened by a web browser.   

You can also save a LibreOffice file as a pdf. The pdf format has two advantages, printing it will give the same hard copy as the soft copy. Secondly, it can be read on all systems, since the fonts are stored with the file. This is particularly useful in case where certain fonts, not available on all computers are used (such as non-UNICODE fonts); saving and sharing in PDF format will allow it to be read by others in their computers.

You can also save a LibreOffice file as a pdf. The pdf format has two advantages, printing it will give a hard copy which looks identical to the soft copy. Secondly, it can be read on all systems, since the fonts are stored with the file. This is particularly useful in case where certain fonts, not available on all computers are used (such as non-UNICODE fonts); saving and sharing in PDF format will allow it to be read by others in their computers.

All these format changes can be done in the LibreOffice [https://libreoffice.org/discover/writer/ Writer], [https://libreoffice.org/discover/calc Calc] and [https://libreoffice.org/discover/calc/ Impress] applications, for text, spreadsheet and presentation documents respectively.

All these format changes can be done in the LibreOffice [https://libreoffice.org/discover/writer/ Writer], [https://libreoffice.org/discover/calc Calc] and [https://libreoffice.org/discover/calc/ Impress] applications, for text, spreadsheet and presentation documents respectively.

=== Converting audio and video media files (''Selene Media converter'') ===

=== Converting audio and video media files (''Selene Media converter'') ===

You can convert media files using the Selene Media converter

You can convert media files using the Selene Media converter.

Open Selene Media converter on your computer, through <u>Applications → Sound and Video →  [https://github.com/teejee2008/selene-media-converter Selene Media converter] (image 2).</u>

Open Selene Media converter on your computer, through <u>Applications → Sound and Video →  [https://github.com/teejee2008/selene-media-converter Selene Media converter] (image 2).</u>