Neil Armstrong wrote: > I was recommended to download Open Office as I needed to send Word documents > as part of my exam work this year. I had Word Viewer on my Dell computer but > had been managing with Microsoft Works for word processing up to that point. > However, things did not work out as anticipated! When I clicked on the Word > documents I was sent, they opened via the Word Viewer. I then copied these > into Open Office and saved them as Word documents. I then input my data and > resaved them. I then sent these documents to the Exam board but nothing > arrived. Whrn I attempted to print out the documents having been told of > this problem I only got a blank page with the AQA logo. Can you suggest what > has happened and if there is a solution to my problem - other than buying > Microsoft Office? > I am not great with technology, so can't cope with anything too technical! > Many thanks > Ann Armstrong > When you install Word viewer, it will make itself the default application for Word documents. You'll want to reset the file associations back to OpenOffice. Also, when you saved the document, did you save in Word (.DOC) format? When you use Save as, select the appropriate Word format from the drop down list. Also ensure automatic file name extension is selected. Incidentally, when you have more than one application associated with a file type, the first one will open if you double click. However, you can always right click and select the desired application. This would have been a better alternative to copy & paste.
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 To avoid the file association problem in the future, install Word viewer first and then OpenOffice.org. BTW, it's curious that you're using names of the 1st person to walk on the moon and his wife in your email. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
