How do i open staroffice file in word?

[Gail]

I do not have Staroffice but a friend sent me many files in SDW form that I
don't know how to open in Word. I can't find any converter at Microsoft.

 

[Rich Pan]

I do not have a definitive answer to your question, though should mention that
the converse is possible, ie StarOffice opens Microsoft Word documents
easily.,
which suggests Word should be able to open StarOffice files.
Besides just trying to open a file, you might change the name of your z.sdw
file
to z.doc. ... I'm not an expert (yet)!

 

[Graham Mayor]

Tell the friend to save the files from Star Office in a mutually compatible
format such as RTF.

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[Rob Schneider]

Your friend was probably being disingenuous assuming your Word would
open Staroffice SDW files. OpenOffice (www.openoffice.org), the "free"
version of Star Office, can save files in Word DOC format. Ask your
friend to please resave/resend the file in a mutually-capable format,
e.g. Word DOC, RTF, text, html, etc.

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms

 

[ilitrt]

That's hilarious. He doesn't use a Microsoft product, therefore, he's
disingenous.

 

[Graham Mayor]

This disingenuousness was in assuming the Microsoft product did things that
it does not. Disingenuous is sometimes used as a synonym for naive.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

No, "ingenuous" is sometimes used as a synonym for "naive." "Disingenuous"
means "not straightforward, craft." I assumed that the poster meant that the
sender's intention in sending the file was to point up Word's deficiencies.

 

[Graham Mayor]

I looked this up, before commenting, as it seemed an odd choice of word. I
had assumed that the sender merely hadn't realised that Word wouldn't open
the file.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Whoops, that should be "crafty." My off-the-cuff definition would have been
"scheming."