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# Using Microsoft Office and LibreOfficeDev

LibreOfficeDev can open and save documents in the Microsoft Office file formats, including Microsoft Office Open XML formats.

## Opening a Microsoft Office File

1. Choose File - Open. Select a Microsoft Office file in the LibreOfficeDev file open dialog.

MS Office file... | ...will open in LibreOfficeDev module
--- | ---
Microsoft Word, *.doc, *.docx | LibreOfficeDev Writer
Microsoft Excel, *.xls, *.xlsx | LibreOfficeDev Calc
Microsoft PowerPoint, *.ppt, *.pps, *.pptx | LibreOfficeDev Impress

## Saving as a Microsoft Office File

1. Choose File - Save As.

2. In the File type box, select a Microsoft Office file format.

## Saving Documents by Default in Microsoft Office Formats

1. Choose LibreOfficeDev - PreferencesTools - Options - Load/Save - General.

2. In the Default file format and ODF settings area, first select a document type, then select the file type for saving.

From now on, if you save a document, the File type will be set according to your choice. Of course, you still can select another file type in the file save dialog.

## Opening Microsoft Office Files by Default

1. In Windows’ File Explorer, right-click a file of the type that you want to assign to another application.

2. In the context menu, choose Open with - Choose another app.

3. In the list of applications that appears, select the program that should open the current type of files. Make sure that “Always use this app” is checked.

   If these steps do not apply to your brand of Microsoft Windows, search your Microsoft Windows Help for instructions how to change the file associations.

## Converting Many Microsoft Office Files into OpenDocument Format

The Document Converter Wizard will copy and convert all Microsoft Office files in a folder into LibreOfficeDev documents in the OpenDocument file format. You can specify the folder to be read, and the folder where the converted files are to be saved.

1. Choose File - Wizards - Document Converter to start the wizard.

## Macros in Microsoft Office and LibreOfficeDev

With a few exceptions, Microsoft Office and LibreOfficeDev cannot run the same macro code. Microsoft Office uses VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) code, and LibreOfficeDev uses Basic code based on the LibreOfficeDev API (Application Program Interface) environment. Although the programming language is the same, the objects and methods are different.

The most recent versions of LibreOfficeDev can run some Excel Visual Basic scripts if you enable this feature at LibreOfficeDev - PreferencesTools - Options - Load/Save - VBA Properties.

If you use macros in one of the applications and want to use the same functionality in the other application, you must edit the macros. LibreOfficeDev can load the macros that are contained within Microsoft Office files and you can then view and edit the macro code in the LibreOfficeDev Basic IDE editor.

### You can choose to preserve or delete VBA macros

Open a Microsoft Office document that contains VBA macro code. Change only the normal contents (text, cells, graphics), and do not edit the macros. Save the document as a Microsoft Office file type. Open the file in Microsoft Office, and the VBA macros will run as before.

You may delete the VBA macros from the Microsoft Office file on loading or on saving.

1. Choose LibreOfficeDev - PreferencesTools - Options - Load/Save - VBA Properties to set the VBA macro handling of LibreOfficeDev.

Related Topics

About Converting Microsoft Office Documents

Opening Documents

Opening documents saved in other formats

Saving Documents in Other Formats

Changing the Association of Microsoft Office Document Types

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