How Computer Scammers Take your Money

I don't know how many people I have talked to both here in Canada and in the US who have actually paid money to computer scammers pretending to be computer support people from "Windows" who are going to fix your computer.  Some of my previous blog posts have talked about how to recover from fake viruses that start the scamming process.

One of my favorite television programs here in Canada is "Marketplace".  It recently did an article on computer scammers from India.  This is something everyone should have a look at, so here is a link:

Marketplace on Computer Scammers

Make LibreOffice files Compatible with MS Office by Default

Saving Files in LibreOffice v6.3 to be Compatible with

Microsoft Office

LibreOffice is a very inexpensive way to create nice documents and spreadsheets. It is very compatible with Microsoft Office. If you exchane files with others that actually use Microsoft Office there is one little problem – LibreOffice by default, saves file in a different format. You can, however, save files in Microsoft Document or Excel format if you think about it in advance. This document will show you have to save in the Microsoft format by default and not have to worry if you have saved the file correctly if you exchange it with others.

Here is how you change to defaults in LibreOffice:

1. Launch LibreOffice Writer

2. From the Menu Select Tools.

3 . Now at the bottom of the Menu select Options:

4 . Now select Load/Save

5.   Select General. Then at Document Type pull down the arrow and select “Text document” and pull down the “Always save as” arrow and select “Office Open XML...(*.docx)”. Now select “Apply” and then “OK”. That will make every text document you save compatible with MS Office.

6 . Finally, at Document Type pull down the arrow and select “Spreadsheet” and pull down the “Always save as” arrow and select “Office Open XML...(*.xlsx)”. Now select “Apply” and then “OK”. Your spreadsheets will now always save as MS Excel files.