I would like to just use Ubuntu from now on, I don't want to go back to windows unless I have to. The problem being, I have a few documents that I need to work on in Microsoft Word. Can someone give me directions on how to open them through Ubuntu?
319 3 3 silver badges 17 17 bronze badges asked Aug 8, 2013 at 14:42 31 1 1 gold badge 1 1 silver badge 2 2 bronze badges Did you even tried opening a DOC or DOCX document with LibreOffice? Commented Aug 8, 2013 at 16:42In this Wiki article, it says that Microsoft Office documents saved as a .doc or a .docx file can be opened in LibreOffice. Therefore, you should be able to just open it. Just copy the files onto a flash drive and then in Ubuntu, double click the .doc or .docx file to open it in LibreOffice.
Edit: When opening .doc or .docx files in LibreOffice, be aware that the formatting can be a little off in some cases, so sometimes when opening a MS Word file in LibreOffice it does not look as it was intended/how it would have looked in MS Word.. Thanks to Shaun for pointing that out.
answered Aug 8, 2013 at 14:49 sameetandpotatoes sameetandpotatoes 1,176 12 12 silver badges 25 25 bronze badgesIt's worth being aware that the formatting can be a little off in some cases, so sometimes when opening a MS Word file in LibreOffice it does not look as it was intended/how it would have looked in MS Word. Another option if you have a gmail account is to open it in Google Drive, although this can suffer the same problem as well.