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Office (12) 2007 experience. I am a MOUS Authorized Instructor and MOUS Master Certified. I am a Sr. Instructional Designer for International IT Certification based on the International Computer Drivers Licence (ICDL). http://www.activ-training.com/ Microsoft offers free online training for Mail Merge at... http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/word/CH060832701033.aspx

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I am Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOUS) Master Certified and was certified as a MOUS Authorized Instructor. Sr Instructional Designer for International IT Certification for ActivTest, a division of Activ Training based on the ECDL's standard for end-user software competence.

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Microsoft Word - Open a Doc. written with star office( SDW file )

Expert: Nancy C. Janyszeski - 4/7/2004

Question
Hi, I was sent a doc. in SDW format ( Star Office)
What can I use to open this, Thank you, Harry

Answer
Harry, it is my understanding that Star Office is compatible with Microsoft.

From the Manufacturer
StarOffice software is an affordable alternative in office productivity suites that runs on multiple operating systems, including Solaris Operating Environment, Microsoft Windows, and Linux. The office suite has a simple, easy-to-use interface and contains full-featured applications including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, graphics, and database capabilities. StarOffice can read, edit, and save MS Office files and is interoperable with many third party file formats like PDF and XML.
http://www.staroffice.com

You might ask the sender to see if they can save the file in a Word format from the File menu, Save As, File of type

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