Right Click on sa a doc file + open with + select writer + tick the checkbox at bottom saying make the selected application as default for handling this kind of file....
This was you can make the OOO handling of MS files default. Hope it helps On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Daniel Lewis <[email protected]>wrote: > David H. Lipman wrote: > >> From: "NoOp"<[email protected]> >> >> | On 05/25/2010 02:28 PM, David H. Lipman wrote: >> >> >>> From: "Daniel Lewis"<[email protected]> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >>> | This is a little bit late for you, but this should be done when >>>> | installing OOo. One of the windows during installation has four >>>> | checkboxes labeled with four of the MS Office programs. If they are >>>> | checked during installation, the MS Office files are associated with >>>> OOo. >>>> >>>> >>> >> >>> | Dan >>>> >>>> >>> >> >>> I didn't see that on some PCs where MS Office had been installed but >>>> removed prior to >>>> installing OO. >>>> >>>> >>> >> >>> I need an after installation option. >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> | Long read... but looks like it's being worked on: >> | http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=96594 >> |< >> http://quaste.services.openoffice.org/index.php?option=com_tcs&task=tcs_show&tcsid= >> | 3112> >> >> | You could try aqabill's msi: >> |< >> http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11386#p61937 >> > >> | Warning: read both pages of the forum posts& try on a test machine >> | first if you have one available. Also note that I have *not* tried this >> | yet as I only have Win2K installed in a virtual machine& haven't booted >> | the test WinXP machine today. When I tried it in Win2K it warned me that >> | it could not be installed on machines earlier than WinXP. >> >> Ahhhhhhhhhhhh............... >> >> Thank you. So I am not alone in this :-) >> >> >> > And I made the mistake of thinking the dialog used to change the file > associtaions was still part of the Windows installer. Sorry about that. > > Dan > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > Regards Varun Mittal <http://www.google.com/profiles/varunmittal87> www.varunmittal.co.nr "Uncertainty is the only Certainty of LIFE"
