Today I tried to upload some files to a post using LibreOffice 5 Writer and Calc files.

LibreOffice 5 is free software which is compatible with MS Office and I can read, write and save between the 2 systems.

However I cannot upload any of the files to any post on TVF.

Can anybody explain why?

http://www.zamzar.com/

will do it. There are other services available. Can you not make your files available in pdf? Big button on Libre Office referring to pdf.

I believe PDF is a safer format than DOC or XLS. I suggest you use PDF.

http://www.zamzar.com/

will do it. There are other services available. Can you not make your files available in pdf? Big button on Libre Office referring to pdf.

I believe PDF is a safer format than DOC or XLS. I suggest you use PDF.

I thank both of you very much.

I saved it originally as a .odt file and then saved it again as a .docx file.

Listening to both of you I went back to .odt and then saved it as a pdf file.

As cooked said there is a button to save it as .pdf but I never thought about that.

Good choice. The reason they call it PDF is because P stands for Portable, ie it can be used on any platform, on any computer. If someone doesn't have Acrobat Reader installed, it is a quick, free download.

Good choice. The reason they call it PDF is because P stands for Portable, ie it can be used on any platform, on any computer. If someone doesn't have Acrobat Reader installed, it is a quick, free download.

Personally I would use another PDF reader then Adobe as it is IMO a bit bloated. SumatraPDF is a good and light weight alternative.

Foxit (https://www.foxitsoftware.com/products/pdf-reader/ )is ok. I had Adobe on my computer when I bought it so I use it. However it has an awful lot of features that most people never use and can overload a smaller laptop.

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