Richard Detwiler wrote:
Tanstaafl wrote:
On 2010-03-13 7:23 AM, Daniel Lewis wrote:
When you save a document for the first time, the Save As window
opens. At the bottom near the middle is a check box. It is labeled
"Automatic file name extension". This should be checked. Normally, it
is, but if you accidentally unchecked it, it will remain unchecked
until
you save a document and check the box. Just be sure to look at this
check box when you save a file for the first time.
To correct the files which have this problem, open them in
OpenOffice.org and use "Save As". To do this, click File to open the
File menu. Click Save As. This time make sure that this check box is
checked when you save the file.
Which begs the question - why is that checkbox even there? All it does
is cause this problem (our users have been bit by it a lot too)...
Good question -- not sure why anyone would ever have the need or
desire to save a file w/o the file name extension.
In other operating systems an extension is not needed. I use Linux
here, which does not need the extension. I also used OS/2, for many
years and again the file extension is not necessary. It's only Windows
that's crippled in this regard.
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