how can we make Linux more accessible for a bigger public?

[Bas Roufs]

Hello Jack and Everybody

>> ........................... So, please, could you tell a bit more concretely how you did
>> manage to change the OpenOffice settings with a view to automatically saving >> in the MS Office formats.
>
> Go to Tools > Options and then click expand the Load/Save section. Here
> you will see the General section. In that section look at the Document
> Type/Always Save As drop-downs. You simply select the document type (Text
> document, HTML document, Spreadsheet, Presentation...) and match it with
> the default save as type you want (You will probably want Microsoft
> Word/Excel/Powerpoint option.
>
> Once you have configured those, click OK and you're done.
>
> Hope that helps.

Yes, this helps absolutely. Problem solved!

Thanks,

Bas.