, James
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To: users@openoffice.org
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 7:26 PM
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On Monday 27 June 2005 12:13 am, Naomi Kramer wrote:
I suspect that the main problem is Microsoft's habit of making
- From: Dan Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: users@openoffice.org
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On Monday 27 June 2005 12:13 am, Naomi Kramer wrote:
I suspect that the main problem is Microsoft's habit of making file
extensions invisible
James,
Someone did come up with the method for doing exactly that, somewhere in
this thread. Have a trawl through the archives.
- Naomi
However, somewhere, sometime in the past, I am sure that when I right
clicked on a file and then on 'Properties' there was an option to:
'Change the
the Icon ... not the default program
which opens the file.
I hope this clarifies things.
Many thanks for your interest and responses, James
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To: users@openoffice.org
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 7:26 PM
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Naomi Kramer wrote:
James,
Someone did come up with the method for doing exactly that, somewhere in
this thread. Have a trawl through the archives.
- Naomi
However, somewhere, sometime in the past, I am sure that when I right
clicked on a file and then on 'Properties' there was an option
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Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: [users] Doucment Icon.?
James:
What you are asking is that OOo modify the behavior of the OS because it
is the OS and not the application which directs the traffic, or, in this
case, assigns the icons
Subject: Re: [users] Doucment Icon.?
This should work:
Open My Computer
choose Tools / Folder Options
Wait. . . .
Scroll down the list of 'registered file types'. to Extension: DOC
select that extension
click button [Restore]
Yes I know this puts thing back in M$ Office hands,
but it also gives you
for your interest and responses, James
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Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 7:26 PM
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On Monday 27 June 2005 12:13 am, Naomi Kramer wrote:
I suspect
Paul, thank you for your perspective. I'm going to try a post-installation
correction.
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From: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Jun 26, 2005 11:27 PM
To: users@openoffice.org, richard perry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [users] Doucment Icon.?
I've gone back through
Paul, thank you for your perspective. I'm going to try a post-installation
correction.
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From: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Jun 26, 2005 11:27 PM
To: users@openoffice.org, richard perry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [users] Doucment Icon.?
I've gone back through
Dan, again thanks for your effort perspective here.
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From: Dan Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Jun 27, 2005 7:26 AM
To: users@openoffice.org
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On Monday 27 June 2005 12:13 am, Naomi Kramer wrote:
I suspect that the main
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On Monday 27 June 2005 12:13 am, Naomi Kramer wrote:
I suspect that the main problem is Microsoft's habit of making file
extensions invisible by default. I hate this setting with a passion,
because it causes so many problems and far more confusion than it
fixes. The whole point
This should work:
Open My Computer
choose Tools / Folder Options
Wait. . . .
Scroll down the list of 'registered file types'. to Extension: DOC
select that extension
click button [Restore]
Yes I know this puts thing back in M$ Office hands,
but it also gives you the [Advanced] button
under which
richard perry wrote:
Hello, Everyone on our Forum, regarding Anthony's Post. Thanks, Dan, for
trying to answer his problem, but I'm not sure the WORD/OOo interchangeability
problems are being addressed. Does anyone see the similarities to my
problem/post a couple days ago? ... i.e. the
James Elliott wrote:
I install OOo on all the computers I sell and instruct the new users to:
1. save in OOo format for internal use
2. save in PDF to send non-editable documents to other people
3. save in M$ Word format to send editable docs to Word users
All of these customers have Windows
I install OOo on all the computers I sell and instruct the new users to:
1. save in OOo format for internal use
2. save in PDF to send non-editable documents to other people
3. save in M$ Word format to send editable docs to Word users
All of these customers have Windows XP as their OS
The
I've found that predominately (not always adhered to by all
applications) that the icon represents the application will open the
file.
Since it seems that .doc is still to be opened by OOo, I'm unsure if
you can change the icon to something else.
/paul
On 6/27/05, James Elliott [EMAIL
Hi James,
The problem is that the icon for any particular file type is taken from
the program that it is linked to. If you had Word on the pc and had doc
files associated with it, then they would display the Word icon. As soon
as you make OOo the default program for opening doc files, the icon
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On Sunday 26 June 2005 08:41 pm, Anthony Chilco wrote:
Hi James,
The problem is that the icon for any particular file type is taken
from the program that it is linked to. If you had Word on the pc and
had doc files associated with it, then they would display the Word
icon. As
] Doucment Icon.?
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On Sunday 26 June 2005 08:41 pm, Anthony Chilco wrote:
Hi James,
The problem is that the icon for any particular file type is taken
from the program that it is linked to. If you had Word on the pc and
had doc files associated with it, then they would display the Word
Office conversion. I
thought that's what this whole project is about.
Thanks.
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From: Dan Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Jun 26, 2005 9:59 PM
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On Sunday 26 June 2005 08:41 pm
I suspect that the main problem is Microsoft's habit of making file
extensions invisible by default. I hate this setting with a passion,
because it causes so many problems and far more confusion than it
fixes. The whole point of file extensions, as far as I'm aware, was
always to indicate
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