2010/2/13 Tom Bell <[email protected]>

> M Henri Day wrote:
> > 2010/2/12 Tom Bell <[email protected]>
> >
> >
> >> M Henri Day wrote:
> >>
> >>> *Grâce à* Jean-Baptiste, I've now installed OOo 3.2 on my 64-bit Ubuntu
> >>> Karmic setup and uninstalled OOo 3.1 via the Synaptic package manager.
> >>> However, when I click a document in my Document folder, it still opens
> by
> >>> default in 3.1.0 ! I've looked in the help files - perhaps too
> cursorily
> >>> but not found any relevant information there. Any suggestions ?...
> >>>
> >>> Henri
> >>>
> >> Select a .odt document and right-click on it.
> >> Click on properties.
> >> Click on the handy wrench icon on the right in the "general" tab.
> >> Then set OOo 3.2 as the first at the top of the list.
> >> Or, "Add" it to the list and move it to the top.
> >> That should make all .odt files open in 3.2.
> >> Click on "OK", etc.
> >>
> >> Tom
> >
> > Tom, thanks for your speedy reply ! What OS are you running - the setup I
> > describe above handles these document files in a fashion that is just
> > dissimilar enough to render it impossible to apply your instructions - in
> > particular, I find myself unable add OOo 3.2 or Writer to the list of
> > programmes in which to open an .odt file....
> >
> > Henri
> >
> Henri, I am running Kubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 AMD64, so the
> method I showed should be the same.  What program do you use
> to view directories/files, Dolphin, Konqueror, ...?
> I don't understand why the file association is not showing.  You may
> have to go to a CLI (console) and start the file manager of your
> choice at administrator using Kdesudo.
> Good luck!
>
> Tom


Thanks for posting back, Tom ! KDE and GNOME are hardly identical, but I
fail to understand why one should give rise to such different results from
the other. But tell me, in addition to the «OOO320» folder, is a copy of the
previous «OOO310» folder still found in the relevant directory on your box
?...

Henri

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