There is a ready-made template available to download from the OpenOffce web-site. Simply download the template, and change it to your own needs. See related link
Open Office is one of the leading Open Source office document productivity.
You cannot change the format from Office 2003 to Office 2007, the technology was not out then. But you can make a RTF document that will open in Office 2007. Click on File/Save as/click on the arrow to open the drop down list/ choose RTF
It's the same with almost any program - not just Open Office. If you make a change to an existing document (even adding a simple comma) - the software will always ask you if you want to save the changes.
Open Office files are saved as 'open document format' - Most of the popular office suites can read open document formats. If your friends computer can't read .odt format documents, ask them what program they use, then save your document as (for example) .doc
Open Office is designed to be compatible with Microsoft's Office software and it can handle most Word documents.
Usually there is no need to convert, since Open Office can read excel files (except Open Office probably will have problems with macros). If you have Excel 2007, then save the file in Office 2003 compatibility mode.
to quickly create a workspace with the document name and place the document in the workspace
If it's been locked with a password - you need the original password to open it.
Double click the document name in an explorer and if you have a program that can open it it will open. If you want to open it with a specific program, right click the file name and select "open with" select the program you want to open it with. or Open the application, drag the document file to the application window and if the application can open it it will.
open context box. choose line spacing. and then choose double
Open Office will read Word files without any problems ! I used MS word for years before I encountered OpenOffice. Once I started using the new software, it read every document saved in MS office format !Open office can save documents either as open document format (the default) or as MS word if you choose it from the drop-down menu when you save it !
Open Office files are 'open document format' - Microsoft programs should have no problem opening them.