On Thursday 25 August 2005 10:38 am, ken green wrote:
> On 2005-08-25 10:07 AM, Doug Thompson wrote:
> > OK. I'll tell you it doesn't.
> > One of the early screens in the installation asks which M$O files
> > you want OOo to open by default. There are three selections, one
> > each for M$Word, M$Excel, and M$PowerPoint. Make sure they are all
> > checked.
>
> I stated in my original post that I had done this.
>
> > For certain, you can update the file associations
> > through Windows Explorer. There is a FAQ that addresses going the
> > other way (remove associations from OOo), but the process is the
> > same to associate file types with OOo. You just have to select the
> > correct application(s).
>
> OK, then what are the correct applications? As I stated, pointing to
> the OpenOffice exe (soffice.exe) produces errors. I assumed there
> would be individual exes for Calc, Writer, etc. but don't see any
> obvious ones. Your statement implies there are different apps to
> point to. What are they?
>
> I know how to set file associations in Windows - this is what I was
> trying to do. Perhaps the problem is with one machine/one
> installation. But it's very frustrating to check the boxes during
> setup that are *supposed* to associate Word, Excel and PowerPoint
> files to OOo and then not have that work.
>
> I will try a different machine/installation.
>
> Thanks for trying to help.
One thing you forgot to do: tell us what the error message is when
you try to associate *.doc files with OOo. That might give a clue as to
what is happening.
Dan
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