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Exporting StarWriter Documents

If you need to share documents created in StarWriter with a colleague that uses another word processor, the other word processor is not likely to read StarOffice files.

Instead, you need to export your StarOffice files in a format that can be read by another word processor. StarOffice provides several export filters from the Save As dialog box (see Figure 5.7):

As with preparing a file for import into StarOffice, the main formats to use for exporting to other word processors are as follows:

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From the Save As dialog box, you can select one of several export file formats.

To save a StarOffice document in another format, follow these steps:

1. Choose Save As from the File menu. The Save As dialog box opens.

2. Select a format from the File type drop-down list.

3. Enter a different name for the document.

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