Inbaraj Sammanasunathan wrote: > Hi > > I recently got openoffice installed in my machine I cannot open Microsoft > Office files directly by double clicking. When I double click, I get the > "Save As" window. Instead, I must right click and use the "open with" option > and select the appropriate Open Office app. Why is this? > > This proves espcially annoying when trying to open email attachments. They > must first be saved and then right clicked to be opened adding several more > steps to what was a simple process. > >
It sounds like the file associations are not set correctly. Try this to seee if it helps: Changing file associations Right click on file icon Select Open With > Choose Program... Check "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" and choose the desired application. If that method is not available, follow the directions listed here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307859 -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
