Yes they are compatible! OpenOffice.org reads Microsoft office files fine, including the older office 2003 formats, and the newer xml based (2007+) ones. There maybe a few odd formatting things you need to tweek if you save from openoffice.org to Microsoft office, but generally it works fairly well. If you want the best compatibility, then try go-oo, a fork of openoffice that has better compatibility, even with stuff like Microsoft VBA macros. So yes, it works fine. And of course, openoffice always works better on Linux!
Also, don't forget when saving to change 'odf' to Microsoft office. But you can change the default save format to msoffice if your using it frequently
A .docx file is a Microsoft Office Word document, but is only compatible with Microsoft Office Word 2007 and Microsoft Office Word 2010. A .doc file is compatible with previous versions of Microsoft Office Word.
that depends on what version of word processor you are using. the latest versions of Microsoft office push the limits of what is acceptable bloat for a word processor. Openoffice is free, small, and can install on almost anything that has Java Runtime installed, and has 250MB of free space. Plus it's compatible with Microsoft office formats.
I would say OpenOffice or its spinoff LibreOffice
OpenOffice (officially OpenOffice.org, due to trademark issues) is a free and open source office suite. It can be used as a replacement for those who do not wish to use Microsoft Office. It includes a word processor (comparable to Word), a speadsheet program (comparable to Excel), and a presentation program (comparable to PowerPoint).
You can purshase Microsoft Office 2010 for about $200.00, use starter Microsoft Office, which contains Microsoft Word and Excel, or download a free software such as OpenOffice at Openoffice.org (recommended).
Open Office is designed to be compatible with Microsoft's Office software and it can handle most Word documents.
Microsoft Word, OpenOffice are a few to use. They are the best. Microsoft will cost you, but OpenOffice is free.
Microsoft Word 2007 is a single program - a word-processor. OpenOffice is a suite of programsincorporating a word-processor, spreadsheet and database programs (and others).
Notepad is a very rudimentary one that comes with Windows. WordPad comes on recent versions of Windows, and has a little more functionality. Microsoft Word and OpenOffice Write are full featured word processors.
Open Office files are 'open document format' - Microsoft programs should have no problem opening them.
If you mean can you write something using Microsoft Works word-processor - and open it using OpenOffice - yes you can ! OpenOffice will happily open .wks files.
Word 2000 is a copyrighted program..that means you have to buy it. However you can get Open Office for free at www.openoffice.com. It's 100% compatible with Microsoft Office.