Thank you to everyone who helped me with this issue. Because of your help, I believe the issue is resolved and I (at least halfway) understand what's going on!
Thanks!!! Jessica ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Chilco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [users] WordPad Issue > Hi Jessica, > If you're familiar with Shakespeare, you'll know that you > can call a rose anything you want, but it's still a rose. If > Word is not installed on a pc, Windows refers to files that > have '.doc' as an extension as 'Wordpad documents', > regardless of what's in the file. If you've saved the file > in OOo as a Word97 document, then that's what it is. Windows > chooses to call it a wordpad doc, but that doesn't change > the content. Associating *.doc files with OOo as you did, > doesn't change Window's description of the file type. It > will still refer to the files as wordpad documents. The > difference is, that if you double-click a doc file, it will > run OOo and load the file. There is a way to change the > description, but you probably don't want to get into that. > Just rest assured that the files are in Word format even if > Windows calls them roses. > tc > > Jessica Carter wrote: > > > I did exactly what you said. I even made sure "always open with this > > program" was checked. Then I went and created a test document in OpenOffice > > and saved it as always as Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP. I went to my documents > > and found that it had saved it as a WordPad document. Any other suggestions? > > > > We do not have Microsoft Word on that computer, but it does have WordPad > > (obviously) and Corel Word Perfect in addition to Open Office. > > > > Thanks! > > Jessica > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 7:17 PM > > Subject: Re: [users] WordPad Issue > > > > > > Word pad doesn't have a format all of its own. What I think is > > happening is that the extension of .doc has been associated with > > wordpad. > > > > You need to change this is you want .doc files opened in OOo. Right > > click on the file with a .doc extension, select 'open with' then > > select OOo. Ensure that 'always open with this program' is ticked and > > then select 'ok'... give it a go and reply to the list if it doesn't > > work. > > > > /paul > > > > On 4/26/05, Jessica Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Hi, > >> > >>We have a computer at my office that seems to be having a conflict between > > > > OpenOffice and WordPad. Everytime we save a document as Microsoft Office > > Word 97/2000/XP, it saves the file as a Word Pad document. I have looked all > > over the computer for some kind of default setting that is causing > > everything to be saved in WordPad, but I haven't found any solution. > > > >>I also have OpenOffice on my computer, and I do not have this issue. I do > > > > have WordPad on my computer, and I did install OpenOffice the same way on my > > computer as I did the other computer in the office. > > > >>Can you help us resolve this? > >> > >>Thank You! > >>Jessica > >>Jessica T. Carter, Assistant to: > >> > >>TODD P. MANACK > >>BROKER, GRI > >>MANACK SIGNATURE PROPERTIES > >>WEBSITE: www.toddmanack.com > >>Direct: 912.682.5251 > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
