The integration of support for these files in OpenOffice is coming soon but, until then, you have two options:

1. OdfConverter - You can convert these files into a format that is readable by OpenOffice using the docx2oo script. For example, if you have file.docx you can generate file.odt by running:

   docx2oo file.docx

   Once you have file.odt you can open it with OpenOffice by running:

   ooffice file.odt

   This works with .docx, .pptx, and .xlsx files.

2. Citrix - You can run the Microsoft Office 2007 applications on your linux machine using the CS Citrix presentation server. Please see the Citrix FAQ Page for more information.

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