Sharing documents with Window users

I type up minutes for meetings I attend but I am looking for a way to mail them to the supervisors so that they may correct and make changes if needed and then print them. My problem is I have a mac and they use window machines in their offices. I normally take my MBP and connect to their printer in order to print or make changes. I have TextEdit, iWork '06, and NeoOffice. I type the minutes in NeoOffice and save them in .doc but that didn't seem to work. Sorry for the long post but I am trying to give as much info that may be needed. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

cobos,
You have everything you need to make this work. We just need to tell you which buttons to push
NeoOffice will save files in either ".doc" or ".docx" format. If you save as ".docx," the file can only be opened by Office (Word) 2007. ".doc" files can be opened by Office 2007 and earlier, so I recommend you save in this format.
Now, Windows doesn't know what to do with a file unless it's name includes a ".xxx" extension. To repeat: The extension must be included as part of the file name. Office for Mac will, by default, save files with the extension automatically included as part of the name, but users can force it to save without the extension included. On a Mac, this isn't a problem, but it will be for a Windows user. If I'm not mistaken, NeoOffice doesn't automatically include the file extension as part of the name.
So, you'll need to add the ".doc" file extension yourself when you save the file, or add it to the file name in the Finder before you email it. This should be all you need to do to allow the recipient to open it in Windows.
Scott

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