Hi :) +1 Good point. Definitely LibreOffice can be set as the default app for opening MS formats. I had forgotten that. I'm fairly sure LibreOffice stays defaulting to OpenDocument Formats if you start a fresh new document. Most office workers i've ever known never do that, they open an existing document and delete everything and then use that (ie a really bad habit but for once something that plays in your favour). Regards from Tom :)
--- On Fri, 11/5/12, Jay Lozier <[email protected]> wrote: From: Jay Lozier <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] HOWTO change all-user default file formats (Windows), for LOo3.5? To: [email protected] Date: Friday, 11 May, 2012, 14:14 On 05/11/2012 04:47 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Hi Tom, > > Thanks for the quick reply. I probably wasn't clear enough about the goal > being that any users added to the machines (post facto) would get MS > default formats without doing (knowing how to do) anything. (I was recently > excoriated by a client who had difficulty because her customers couldn't open > the .odt's LOo gave her....) > > Thanks again, > ultra I believe during the install you can select "Make default for MS formats" on Windows. I am not sure that this changes the default Save format. > > --- On Fri, 5/11/12, Tom Davies<[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Tom Davies<[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] HOWTO change all-user default file formats >> (Windows), for LOo3.5? >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Friday, May 11, 2012, 12:46 AM >> Hi :) >> I think a much easier route is to use >> >> Tools - Options - "+Load/Save" - General >> >> At the bottom of that page are 2 drop-down lists. With the >> 1st set at "Text document" change the 2nd to "Word >> (97/2000/Xp)". Something like that. It's back up the >> list above the default. Then change the 1st drop-down to >> "Spreadsheet" and the 2nd roll backwards up the list by 2 >> places. If you only go 1 place up you make templates >> instead of documents. Again for Presentations. >> >> That sets things up in the User Profile >> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile >> which can then be copied to other machines even if they run >> different operating systems. >> Regards from >> Tom :) >> >> >> >> >> --- On Fri, 11/5/12, [email protected] >> <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> From: [email protected] >> <[email protected]> >> Subject: [libreoffice-users] HOWTO change all-user default >> file formats (Windows), for LOo3.5? >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Friday, 11 May, 2012, 2:56 >> >> Hi All, >> >> I've searched this topic and found >> >> >> >> [libreoffice-users] Re: Default file save format to MSOffice >> (doc, xls, ppt) etc.. >> http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/msg12888.html >> >> from last November, however in 3.5 the referenced .xcd files >> (writer.xcd, etc.,) have multiple strings that match the >> text to replace. I'd rather not find out the hard way that >> replacing them all breaks something, though if someone can >> tell me that replacing them all works properly (based on >> experience) that's altogether different. >> >> i.e. for the current LOo version, how does one change the >> default file save format for all users, e.g. during OS >> deployment. >> >> Is there any documentation (other than the source) on how >> these files/that xml works? >> >> TIA. >> ultra >> >> >> -- >> For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] >> Problems? >> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> 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 >> >> >> -- >> For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] >> Problems? >> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> 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 >> >> -- Jay Lozier [email protected] -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ 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 -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ 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
