I wonder if the problem is that your boss sees Wordpad or OOo icons for the attachments as colleagues of mine do (I have OOo associated with MS Office files) and think that that cant open the file in Word/Wordpad even if it is a Word document because the icon looks different to what they are used too!
Steve --- Using OOo 1.1.95 on Win2000 --- Jessica Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The problem is not in opening the file again on the computer it was saved > on. The problem is that my boss insists on continuing to use Microsoft Word. > We often email him documents, and that's where it has seemed to be the > problem. > > Thank You, > Jessica > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Elsasser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 2:13 AM > Subject: Re: [users] WordPad Issue > > > > Hi! > > I think my advice will not be very effective, but I have had a similar > > problem with Word files that were systematically classified as "Wordpad" > > files. Usually, if you do not use complex functions of Word, this will > > not have any consequences, because Wordpad will save the file in a Word > > format. But what I did was to open Word first and then open the file > > within Word (actually the file was unchanged!) > > M. > > > > > > > > Jessica Carter a �crit : > > > > >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] > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
