Saving or Exporting a File

OpenOffice.org has a plethora of saving options. The saving process is like any other application, however it will be described here, because it does get a little more in depth than most applications.

The Process

Saving

First have one of OOo's sub components open, here I will be using Writer.

Then click File, and Save As... or alternatively you can press Ctrl+Shift+S.

You will be brought to the Save As window, here you can choose form a number of different formats, and a few options, such as: the file name, where to save it, whether to add the extension automatically, and filtering.

When saving a password you will be brought up to this dialog, simply put in your password and confirmation, and your document will be saved as a password protected file.

From the start you will be saving as the OpenOffice.org Open Document Format for your designated field (Text, Presentations, etc.). However, OOo offers a variety of types.

Exporting

Saving vs. Exporting

The difference between saving and exporting in OpenOffice.org is that the exporting formats

Exporting as PDF

One of OpenOffice.org's strongest ability is that it can export as PDF, you can either click this icon, give it a file name, and click save. Or you can go through the extended process. At either File > Export... > PDF > Save or simply File > Export as PDF...

General Options 

Initial View

User Interface

Links

Security

In these next sections you will learn about the saving and exporting abilities of each sub component.

Writer

Writer has 20 saving formats and 5 exporting formats.

Here are the saving formats:

• ODF Text Document -
  
• ODF Text Document Template -
  
• OpenOffice.org 1.0 Text Document -
  
• OpenOffice.org 1.0 Text Document Template -
  
• Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP -
  
• Microsoft Word 95 -
  
• Microsoft Word 6.0 -
  
• Rich Text Format -
  
• StarWriter 5.0 -
  
• StarWriter 5.0 Template -
  
• StarWriter 4.0 -
  
• StarWriter 4.0 Template -
  
• StarWriter 3.0 -
  
• StarWriter 3.0 Template -
  
• Text -
  
• Text Encoded -
  
• HTML Document -
  
• DocBook -
  
• Microsoft Word 2003 XML -
  
• Unified Office Format Text -
  

Here are the exporting formats:

• XHTML Document -
  
• Portable Document Format -
  
• BibTeX -
  
• LaTeX 2e -
  
• MediaWiki -
  

Impress

Impress has 15 saving formats and 22 exporting formats.

Here are the saving formats:

• ODF Presentation -
  
• ODF Presentation Template -
  
• OpenOffice.org 1.0 Presentation -
  
• OpenOffice.org 1.0 Presentation Template -
  
• Microsoft PowerPoint 97/2000/XP -
  
• Microsoft PowerPoint 97/2000/XP Template -
  
• OpenOffice.org 1.0 Drawing -
  
• StarDraw 5.0 -
  
• StarDraw 3.0 -
  
• StarImpress 5.0 -
  
• StarImpress 5.0 Template -
  
• StarImpress 4.0 -
  
• StarImpress 4.0 Template -
  
• Unified Office Format Presentation -
  
• ODF Drawing -
  

Here are the exporting formats:

• HTML Document -
  
• XHTML Document -
  
• Portable Document Format -
  
• Macromedia Flash -
  
• Windows Bitmap -
  
• Enhanced Metafile -
  
• Encapsulated PostScript -
  
• Graphics Interchange Format -
  
• Joint Photographic Experts Group -
  
• OS/2 Metafile -
  
• Portable Bitmap -
  
• Mac Pict -
  
• Portable Graymap -
  
• Portable Network Graphic -
  
• Portable Pixelmap -
  
• Sun Raster Image -
  
• Scalable Vector Graphics -
  
• StarView Metafile -
  
• Tagged Image File Format -
  
• Windows Metafile -
  
• X PixMap -
  
• PlaceWare -
  

Calc

Calc has 23 saving formats and 2 exporting formats.

Here are the saving formats:

• ODF Spreadsheet -
  
• ODF Spreadsheet Template -
  
• OpenOffice.org 1.0 Spreadsheet -
  
• OpenOffice.org 1.0 Spreadsheet Template -
  
• Data Interchange Format -
  
• dBASE -
  
• Microsoft Excel 97/2000/XP -
  
• Microsoft Excel 97/2000/XP Template -
  
• Microsoft Excel 95 -
  
• Microsoft Excel 95 Template -
  
• Microsoft Excel 5.0 -
  
• Microsoft Excel 5.0 Template -
  
• StarCalc 5.0 -
  
• StarCalc 5.0 Template -
  
• StarCalc 4.0 -
  
• StarCalc 4.0 Template -
  
• StarCalc 3.0 -
  
• StarCalc 3.0 Template -
  
• SYLK -
  
• Text CSV -
  
• HTML Document -
  
• Microsoft Excel 2003 XML -
  
• Unified Office Format spreadsheet -
  

Here are the exporting formats:

• XHTML Document -
  
• Portable Document Format -
  

Draw

Draw has 8 saving formats and 21 exporting formats.

Here are the saving formats:

• ODF Drawing -
  
• ODF Drawing Template -
• OpenOffice.org 1.0 Drawing -
• OpenOffice.org 1.0 Drawing Template -
• StarDraw 5.0 -
  
• StarDraw 5.0 Template -
• StarDraw 3.0 -
  
• StarDraw 3.0 Template -
  

Here are the exporting formats:

• HTML Document -
• XHTML Document -
• Portable Document Format -
• Macromedia Flash -
• Windows Bitmap -
  
• Enhanced Metafile -
  
• Encapsulated PostScript -
  
• Graphics Interchange Format -
  
• Joint Photographic Experts Group -
  
• OS/2 Metafile -
  
• Portable Bitmap -
  
• Mac Pict -
  
• Portable Graymap -
  
• Portable Network Graphic -
  
• Portable Pixelmap -
  
• Sun Raster Image -
  
• Scalable Vector Graphics -
  
• StarView Metafile -
  
• Tagged Image File Format -
  
• Windows Metafile -
  
• X PixMap -
  

Math

Math has 4 saving formats and 1 exporting formats.

Here are the saving formats:

• ODF Formula -
  
• OpenOffice.org 1.0 Formula -
  
• StarMath 5.0 -
• MathML 1.01 -
  

Here are the exporting formats:

• Portable Document Format -
  

Base

Base specific saving and exporting, or lack there of..