James Knott wrote:
gagh wrote:
Hi,
Have a problem, Please see enclosed attachment. I have windows Vista
which I hate from a bottom of my hart, remind me of windows ME.
Thanks and Regards,
I don't see any attachment for OpenOffice. Many attachments are blocked
by the mail list.
I saw an attached .eml file with more of a description of the problem:
Hi,
Down loaded the OpenOffice software, but have a problem with opening a
e-mail attachment a document. Instead of opening a page, it will take me
to a page,where you have to choose from 100 filters. I have no idea what
to choose. Anyhow it should be automatic, as with Microsoft Words. What
can I do?
George Agh
What's apparently happening is that the files either have no filetype
extension, or have one that Vista or his email client doesn't recognize.
George, if there is a filetype extension, you should be able to create
an association for Vista by right-clicking on a file of that type,
choosing Open With, and navigating to the correct program. For any of
the ODF filetypes (.odt for text documents, .ods for spreadsheets, etc.)
or their MS Office equivalents (.doc, .xls, etc.) you can make the
association either to soffice.exe, or to the specific component
(swriter.exe, for example). There should also be a way to select that
this is the program that should always be used for this type of file;
then you'll only have to make the association once for each extension.
Some email clients maintain their own associations, and you'll have to
use the Help from your client if this doesn't fix the problem.
If there is no filetype extension, either
* Store the attachment somewhere, start up the OOo component you
think is the appropritate one, and File > Open the attachment's file.
* Rename the file or a stored copy of it to have what you think is
the right extension, then double-click it as usual.
By the way, the same restrictions apply to MS Word, it's just that the
.doc association is usually already established during initial setup
before you get the computer. And installing something like the free Word
viewer will reset that association to point to the viewer instead of
Writer, so you'd have to reset it again for OOo.
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