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<p class="Head2">Occasionally opening a document in another format</p>
<p class="P2">In the <span class="T1">Save as type</span> list box, select another format.</p>
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<p class="P2">Select a name and click <span class="T1">Open</span>.</p>
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<p class="Head2">Frequently opening a document in another format</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If you <span class="T1">always</span> want to open your documents from another format, select that format in <span class="T1">Tools - Options - Load/Save - General</span> in the area headed <span class="T1">Standard file format</span>.</p>
<p class="Head2">Converting all documents of a folder</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Open the AutoPilot, which guides you through the operation, to convert all documents from Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel or Microsoft PowerPoint into <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> documents. You can select a source and target directory, specify whether to convert documents and/or templates, and more besides.</p>
