How do you save a LibreOffice Writer file as plain text?

Question

I got upgraded from Open Office to Libre Office when I installed a new version of Ubuntu. I have been working with MS Word copies of my resume in OO and all was fine. One employer wanted a plain text resume. So I opened my resume in LO Writer, and then tried to Save As. The closest options I got were HTML and XML, neither of which were suitable. I was suprised that I couldn't find a way to save a Writer file as simply plain text. Was I missing something obvious or have this actually been left out ?

I ended up copying and pasting the entire resume into a plain text editor and saving it from there, but I figure there has to be a better way that I am missing.

Answer 1

In the Save dialog box that appears when you Save As, clicking the format combobox near the bottom right which defaults to "All Formats", I see 19 specific formats. If the combobox opens near the bottom edge of the screen, you may not see all of the choices immediately; you have to scroll down.

Plain text (.txt) shows up as the last two options. "Text" appears to default to the UTF-8 encoding, which includes the byte order mark at the beginning. The BOM might confuse really old/naive text file readers. "Text Encoded" lets you choose the encoding when you save. Unless you have a good reason otherwise, the easier-to-find last choice, "Western Europe (Windows-1252/WinLatin 1)" is a safe bet.

Answer 2

Go to "File" -> "Save As" -> Select the format you desire.