Thanks for answering, Peter and others on the list.
Maybe I should uninstall WORD as long as I can learn and use OOo 1.1.4.
For whatever reason, I cannot click on WORD documents anymore and have
tread.them they simply won't open..
.
(I .only get them open if I do an OPEN WITH, either WINWORD or OOo. This
happened I guess after I uninstalled WORD 2000 from the ADD/Remove folder.
I reinstalled it last nite when I couldn't get my many WORD docs to open.)
If I uninstall WORD, will those files take on the(seagull )logo of
OpenOffice.org?
Right now, I have to OPEN WITH > OOo, and it keeps that title - extension on
the title bar - until I close the file and then it goes back to WORD file.
I have to do it everytime to get into my files.
> This is a weird problem. If you uninstalled word, it shouldn't do
anything. :( >
> What are the extension on these files? >
No extension when I click on any of my WORD files...just a gray window with
the blue title bar that doesn't even'
say the name of the file which I created ( just says MICROSOFT WORD). If I
do an "OPEN WITH" WINWORD,
the name of file appears and then MS Word. But all links imbedded in the
text don't activate. That's what I need.
When I OPEN WITH OOo, I get that extension after name of file:
One suggestion I got was:
> If they are showing properly and you want them to open with OOo in the
> future, when you save them do a *File > Save As*. When the dialog box
> pops up, click on the drop down box that says File Type, scroll up and
> choose OOo text document (.sxw). This will turn it into a OOo doc
> instead of a Word doc.
It changed to OOo just until I closed it, then it showed again with the
WORD logo and extension.
Once while trying different open with's a window pops up with NORMAL, and
clicking on that brings this little message:
"The file is in use by another application or user:
C:\WINDOWS\...\templates\Normal.dot "
Rather than going through 40 some file docs. I created to change each to
OpenOffice files, would it make sense to uninstall OOo. and then immediately
re-install (when I find a site for that) rather than have to do the OPEN
WITH operation each time I want to open any of them? Would be a big time
saver.
Also, if I uninstall WORD first, then uninstall OOo.1.1.4 and reinstall,
will my created WORD docs be safe and
accessible? That's critical, because I have been saving on research
(copied from Web pages) for 3 years.
Peter said:
> Word has a lot of evils, but has a few advantages over OOo. Uninstalling
> it shouldn't be a big problem since you have OOo installed now.
I really appreciate any help with this.
Joan
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: [users] Can't open my WORD DOCS with OpenOffice.org anymore
> JoanArc wrote:
>.. my OOo 1.4.4. problems....
> I (foolishly) decided it was time to uninstall MS WORD since 1)the links
> > imbedded when I paste from websites don't work, and 2) trying to repair
from
> > the ADD/REMOVE didn't help.3) it was suggested by one on the list that I
do
> > that if I liked OOo as a substitute.
> > Sadly, uninstalling MS WORD left me with a new BIG problem. I cannot
open
> > all my WORD docs to read Now.
> > I click on the file created in WORD I think they are opening,(WORD logo
pops
> > up but just get the big gray blank page with the title of the file on
top.
> > But the text doesn't ever show up and the hourglass goes away.
>>
> > When I went back and tried to do highlight and >OPEN WITH> OOo, if I
> > check the box that says "always open with this program for this type
files),
> > the same thing happens . The only way I can gain access to my word
files
> > now is to go to a created OpenOffice doc (I now only have a couple that
> > have that extension and logo) and then go to FILE>OPEN WITH >soffice
and It
> > shows on the title bar as Open Office.org. BUT, when I close these
files
> > opened with soffice, they return back to MS WORD.
>
> If they are showing properly and you want them to open with OOo in the
> future, when you save them do a *File > Save As*. When the dialog box
> pops up, click on the drop down box that says File Type, scroll up and
> choose OOo text document (.sxw). This will turn it into a OOo doc
> instead of a Word doc.
>
> > I hope I have conveyed the problem...which is greater now since I
> > uninstalled, and even re-installed MS Word 2000. The logo of WORD is on
all
> > my documents, but won't open with WORD by clicking. I would like to
> > not have to OPEN WITH every time I want access to the files which I add
to
> > continually. That's what I do 75% of time on computer. It's become
very
> > time consuming, and I'd like to get back to where I was before
uninstalling
> > WORD. In other words, after installing OOo 1.1.4, all my Word files bore
the
> > OOo logo and opend that way.
>
> It is odd that Word still persist on your computer even though you
> uninstalled it. Bizarre. You may want to make sure it uninstalled
> completely.
>
> > If I uninstalled and reinstalled Open Office org 1.1.4, do you think
it
> > would then take over the WORD DOCs as it did before and I would not have
to
> > do this round about process to get into my files?
>
> If you select that option during install, it should. To be on the safe
> side, you may want to back up anything important before you do that
> (Word files that it). It shouldn't matter, but better safe then sorry.
>
> > Thank you for any help ...I've spentover 5 hours tonight
trying
> > to get this my documents back to working and have run out of ideas.
> >
>
> I can't recall if I sent you this link:
>
<http://peschtra.tripod.com/open_office/topics/ooo_changing_file_association
s.htm>
>
> It is my FAQ on how to deal with file extensions. See if it will help.
>
> What I think the story here is that the files you created with Word have
> a .doc extension. That is why they still have the word logo (I presume
> you mean thumbnail) in explorer.
>
> HTH,
> --
> Peter Kupfer
> OOo user since 'OO4
> http://peschtra.tripod.com/open_office/ooo_front.htm
>
>
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