--- Jim Higson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday 27 Jan 2005 17:45, Joe Marks wrote:
> > I have installed 1.1.4 twice. Once WITH check
> marks
> > before all three choices of File Types: Microsoft
> Word
> > Documents, Micdrosoft Excel Spreadsheets, and
> > Microsoft Power Point Presentations. The other
> time
> > WITHOUT check marks before the three choices. I
> could
> > not see that it made any difference what so ever.
> > What is the difference if check marks are added
> vs. if
> > check marks are not added?
>
> When you check the file types, Openoffice makes
> itself the default for those
> types. So when you double click on them, they open
> in OpenOffice.
I am using Windows XP. I have the three files types
selected (added check marks). When I am within Word
and double click on a Microsoft file, it opens
properly in .doc format. Spreadsheets also open
properly within Word.
Why is OpenOffice not "taking over my computer"?
If you also
> had MS Office you might not want tt check these, if
> you want the files to
> still open in MSO, otherwise I'd always check them.
>
> I suppose if you did it once, OpenOffice'd still be
> the default when you
> installed again, so it probably wouldn't make any
> difference if you had
> previously set OpenOffice as the default.
>
> --
> Jim
>
>
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