Hi :) Thanks :) Good to see a few copy-left programs in your list of archive managers. Some of those look familiar but i haven't tried them. :)
If you open the file-browser and then click on something like Tools - "Folder Options" - "File Types" (2nd or 3rd tab of 4?) then you'll see that each file-ending/extension has several sub-categories. I don't think those sub-categories are set by which program created the file = that would be too easy. It is true that if you take a file in Windows and rename it to make the file-ending/extension some random 3 letters then suddenly Windows can't decide what to open the file with. It can be a sneaky way of blocking access to anyone that doesn't know how to use the "Open with .." functionality, ie most Windows users. Wow! I was able to open ods and odp with an archive manager to get at the separate component parts of the files. I've never had much difficulty with Open Document Formats so i hadn't tried before. Thanks and regards from Tom :) ----- Original Message ---- > From: Stephan Zietsman <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, 13 June, 2011 8:06:47 > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Windows "Open with" > > Tom Davies wrote: > > It is smart to have an archive manager in the context/right-click menu for >many > > different purposes such as compressing a collection of files ready to > > email >or > > whatever. WinZip is probably still the best archive manager in Windows. > > Just to mention a few alternatives: > 7-zip (LGPL licence) > PeaZip (GPS licence) > WinRAR (shareware licence) > > > There are usually quite a few sub-categories of any particular > > format so changing, for example, "docX" to Writer using this method might >not > > cover ALL ".docX"s. > > Under Windows, I believe the file-manager only looks at the extension > to decide which program to use. Unless I'm mistaken, it will use the > same program to open all *.docx files, regardless of which version the > file is or which program created it. > > > > Is odt an Xml format? I seem to remember hearing it is but i'm not sure. > > The OpenDocument format (odt, ods, odp, odb, odg, etc.) is indeed "an > XML-based file format": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odf > > > Also i don't know whether being non-Admin in Windows makes a difference to >how > > the "Open with ..." thing works in Windows. > > I don't think you need to have Admin rights to affect the "Open > with..." options. Testing on the machine I'm currently using (without > Admin rights) the program does seem to get added to the "Open with..." > quick-list after the first time I've forced. > > Regards > Stephan > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > In case of problems unsubscribing, write to [email protected] > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >deleted > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] In case of problems unsubscribing, write to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
