In M$ Windows XP, you can right click the file, choose open with, and pick Word. Or you could always just open Word and go to File-Open.
On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 07:59:38 -0700, Robin Laing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steve C. Thompson wrote: > > Brian, > > > > It looks like you have had your questions concerning file association > > answered. > > > > Congratulations for choosing OOo for this task. I would recommend > > staying away from Microsoft Word 2000 (or any other Microsoft format) > > since they are proprietary formats. The university will be much better > > off if open formats, like OpenOffice.org, is used. > > > > Steve > > > > On Mar 29 21:11PM, brian gargate wrote: > > > >>Dear Sir > >> > >>I have been using Microsoft Word 2000 to transcribe historical documents > >>for a University archive. To date, about 6000 are 'in the bag'. Today, > >>thinking that OpenOffice.org 1.1.x could be a complimentary word processing > >>programme, I downloaded it and had a look at what it can do. I saw that I > >>could still open my MS Word documents. I chose a trivial one and it opened > >>as an OpenOffice document. I changed it slightly and went to see if the > >>original MS Word document contained the same alteration. I was surprised > >>to find that the MS Word document opened as an OpenOffice text document and > >>that all of my MS Word 2000 documents now open as OpenOffice text > >>documents. I do not know how to revert back to MS Word format. > >> > >>I would like to be able to change from the MS Office Word format to the > >>OpenOffice text document format, and back again. Is it possible to do > >>that, or am I now stuck with the OpenOffice format ? > >> > >>The OpenOffice.org programme appears to be very good. I like it and I am > >>sure that I will get used to it without too much hassle, but the ability to > >>easily alternate between it and MS Word 2000 would be a bonus. > >> > >>The HELP section appears to be very large and comprehensive. Perhaps the > >>answer to my problem is there, but it will take me ages to digest and > >>understand it, and I should be spending my time transcribing my documents. > >> > >>So, can I change from MS Word format to OpenOffice text format, and back > >>again ? Your advice will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. > >> > >>Yours sincerely, > >> > >>Brian Gargate > >>Durham County > >>UK > > > > I will second this statement. I will add to this in that I was > involved with the recovery of some archived documents a few weeks ago. > What a nightmare. They were in WordPerfect, Old MS Office, Corel > Draw and a few other formats. The person that started this couldn't > get most of them opened, he didn't have all the file filters installed > in his MS Office to even open some of the older MS Office files. > > Who knows what version the MS Office file formats will be in five > years from now. At least with OOo file formats, I can unzip the > document and pull the text in any text editor. > > I ended up converting all documents into OOo and people are much > happier. Now they don't have to go and purchase a new program for > file access. Of course there are those times that MS Office won't > even open that document that was just saved two minutes ago that OOo > will. :) This is a great way to save someones but and make a great > name for OOo. > > -- > Robin Laing > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- -hackmiester --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
