Don Delp wrote: > On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 11:02 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Congratulations Jim! >> >> I think there is a way to set the default file type when saving documents in >> Open Office in the options section. Check there to see if you can have it >> set to default to MS Word. Or, you can provide them the link to Open Office >> and have them install that instead of using the MS programs for free. >> >> Kevin >> >> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jim_Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:57:25 >> To: NLUG<[email protected]> >> Subject: [nlug] Making Inroads >> >> >> >> Well, thanks to Microsoft's incompetence (or possibly my stupidity, >> but I'm leaning towards the former), we now have our first Linux-based >> public access computer in our library. >> >> This machine is an older Gateway 2600, and for some reason or another >> would_not_recognize that it had the latest & greatest Flash Player or >> that JavaScript was enabled in any browser, Firefox or IE7. Neither >> would it install the Windows Updates for the last couple of months, >> and none of the online solutions worked either. After a successful >> repair install on another machine to fix the update problem I decided >> to do that with this machine. I reimaged this machine 3 times (due to >> the way the drive security is set up, this is the only route to a >> 'properly functioning' machine) to no avail. It never would see the >> latest Flash or that JS was enabled. So I decided to experiment. >> >> It now runs Kubuntu 8.04 and performs flawlessly. All issues are >> resolved. Kubuntu is more than our users need as most all they do is >> YouTube and Yahoo! games, with a bit of word processing thrown in. >> We'll have to help people with the save format in OpenOffice, but for >> now, and my director is happy that we don't have to spend money on >> this, we are public with the use of Linux & OSS. Yay us! >> >> Jim >> >> > > Sounds like a great fix. One machine down, how many to go? :) > > If anybody is looking for the OpenOffice setting for default file > types (in OOo 2.4): > Tools > Options > Load/Save > General > Always Save As > > > > > *For the record, it is the same in OO v.3.*
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