LibreOffice – LibreOffice Export Compatibility with .doc

It is almost impossible to have 100% compatibility, however, if you are not using wordart/libreoffice draw features, etc, you can get high levels of compatibility by using a few simple things:

• Save your documents in a format that all the listed office suites can use (MS Office 2003 documents are best for this purpose, and more so with Word Processing documents).
• Only use features that are shared between the applications, so for example, use simple formatting in tables (by simple, I mean, just create a standard table, XY dimensions, without adding excel features etc, which can become complicated*).
• Use fonts that are available in all the suites. Missing fonts can produce problems.
• Use the program options to your advantage :)! I do not have office installed, but I do have LibreOffice. So for example, you can set up the Load/Save options as such: You can access this dialog by clicking tools>options in the menu.

Try right-clicking on a .doc file, go the open with tab and select Libreoffice Writer