Submission Format Question

[NikkiBastion]

I did make the submission just now, everything seemed like it uploaded okay and I filled everything out.

Only now I realize I probably should've asked first but wasn't thinking about it.

I used Open Office as my editor of choice so it saves in .odt format. I've always taken it for granted it'd be a doc format but not so sure now since there was a bunch of gibberish there on the preview page.

If I need to change the format specifically for Word, is there a quick conversion for OO to do that? I did attempt just now to save as .doc and it keeps saving as .odt regardless. Not sure how to remedy that or if I need to at all. I want to keep my styles/format if possible. A straight .txt doesn't and pasting it in there doesn't.

Thanks

 

[Red4Life11]

If you go to File - Save As, you get a list of file types including .doc and .docx. Select .doc and click save. It will then prompt you if you really want to save in .doc. Choose 'Keep Current Format'.

 

[NikkiBastion]

Thanks!

I did that - shows being saved as ODF. Is that doable?

 

[Red4Life11]

There something wrong there.. It should definitely let you save as .doc and not keep getting converted back to ODF.

When I do it, I get the following two options
1) Keep Current Format (save as .doc)
2) Save in ODF Format

 

[NikkiBastion]

Ah, that worked. I resubmitted with edit and it seemed to go through just fine.

Thanks again for your help.

All over now but the crying!


Now, so as not to waste a perfectly good thread...I hijack it for another Q&A

So where's a good place for actually free images used for covers? That's a whole new ballgame...I need to bone up! Suggestions welcome!

 

[Red4Life11]

Glad to have been of assistance