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FAQ: How do I view a Word/Excel/Powerpoint document on MCS Linux?
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Word, Excel and Powerpoint documents can all be opened using OpenOffice on MCS Linux.
There are two ways of opening documents.
- If you are using the default graphical interface then you can simply double-click on a document to open it.
- Alternatively you can open the relevant application and then open the document; for example for a .doc file
- select Applications then Word and Text Processing then OpenOffice.org Writer
- when the application has started select File then Open and navigate to where you have stored the document.
Last updated: October 2011