If OpenOffice is lost then if you find .odt files in File Explorer you ought to be able to "Open with" Word.
With kind regards, Geoffrey Hartwell Eur Ing Professor Geoffrey M. Beresford Hartwell CEng FIMechE FIET SenMIEEE(USA) FCIArb FICArb(India) -----Original Message----- From: Martin Groenescheij [mailto:mar...@groenescheij.com] Sent: 24 January 2019 14:13 To: users@openoffice.apache.org Cc: Yvonne Jue <yvonnet...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: FILE On 24/1/19 14:47, Yvonne Jue wrote: > Some years ago after discovering Open Office, I downloaded and > *enjoyed* using this site. I know my files were .odt Although I > might not have had a command of the writer, this was my preferred > site. NEVER RETURNED TO MICROSOFT WORD. Something must have happened, > lost the use of Open Office and my files. Is it possible to retrieve the old > files? > It is unlikely that you lost OpenOffice or your files, it's more likely that you lost your file associations in Windows. Open the Control Panel, click on Programs an d Open the Default Programs here you can update the default programs for each file extension. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org