I know this is a 4 year old thread, but I was searching the archives for my question and found this relevant post, so I thought I'd reply to it.
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:27:02 +1200 From: Paul <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: [users] open office and making "online view" the default I do not think it is possible since OOo (as per the linked post) opens > the document based on the the view that is saved with the document. > > For instance, if a .doc file was last saved in word using one view, it > will be opened in that view when opened in OOo. > > However you can control the view if you are creating a blank document > and this is mentioned in the linked post as well. > > Are you sure that oo opens the document based on the view that is saved with the doc? Maybe that is true with openoffice.org format files (i have not noticed that yet), but it is certainly not the case when working with .doc files. Is this a bug that I should report?
