PLEASE DO NOT send ma any more e-mails-I got rid of openoffice and now I am bogged down with e-mails. So, PLEASE, PLEASE, NO MORE! Thank you very much In a message dated 2/13/2010 11:42:15 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
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 -- Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? -- Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal), Roman Poet, late 1st, early 2nd century AD ("Who will protect us from the protectors?") --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
