On 6/1/12, Graham Wright <gwright2...@hotmail.es> wrote: > On 02/06/2012 03:40, Dave Fisher wrote: >> On Jun 1, 2012, at 7:18 PM, Jihui Choi wrote: >> >>> On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Alexandro Colorado<j...@oooes.org> >>> wrote: >>>> When you install it you agreed to open doc files in OpenOffice >>>> >>> Basically installing AOO doesn't mean we agreed to open MS office >>> formats in AOO. >>> And it's supposed there's an option page to choose whether we'll open >>> them in AOO or not. >>> But I couldn't find any similar option. I installed AOO 3.4 twice to >>> check this on Windows 7 32bit. >>> It's very strange and shame. It should be checked and fixed. >> I am unsure from your statement Choi (is it proper to use the second name >> in conversation?) whether you were confirming the user's report. >> >> If what the reporter says is true then this needs to be a bugzilla and >> possible blocker for 3.4.1. How is this being tested on Windows? And is >> the result that installing AOO 3.4 on it does in fact cause (or even has >> as a default) the shifting of MS Office document types to be opened with >> AOO instead of MS Office. If MS Office is present then this must not be >> the the default option. >> >> The check must not be implicit to the user who just clicks continue and >> accept buttons through the WIndows installation process. Users must >> explicitly choose to have AOO override MS Office for MS Office documents. >> >> Regards, >> Dave >> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> JiHui Choi >> >> > I often wonder why somebody that has Microsoft Office would have the > need to install Open Office anyway! > Isn't Open Office mainly for those people who cannot afford, or who are > unwilling to pay for Microsoft Office? >
No openoffice is for people that want to SWITCH to a free software alternative. Most people have IE and they install Mozilla Firefox. -- Alexandro Colorado OpenOffice.org Español http://es.openoffice.org
