On 2/16/02 8:39 AM, "Jim Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I know that the developers hang out on this list. I'm wading through David > Pogue's "Mac OS X: The Missing Manual", in which I read a tip about forcing > a document to open with a specific application nestled in the Dock (use the > "Command-Option" keystroke when dragging the icon to the preferred > application's dock icon. > > I receive rtf documents as attachments from a company with which I work. > When I double-click the attachment icon, the attachments open in Preview, > which doesn't display much of the document's tabular formatting. I can't > drag the attachments directly to Word's icon in the dock (I can, from the > Finder, if I drag the attachment's icon to the desktop first). > > Something like this would be a nice addition to Entourage's file-handling > capabilities. > > Jim Robertson No need to do anything in Entourage. The Finder will take care of that for you. You can set all rtf documents (or any type document) to open with the application of your choice. Just do a Get Info on an rtf doc and select Open with Application Select Application from popup Click on button "Change All" I did this right away for SimpleText documents since I do not run Classic. -- Diane Ross Microsoft MVP for Entourage/OE Macintosh Email Resource Page <http://www.macemail.com/> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
