On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 10:38 -0500, 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. >
If you want to use soffice as the target then you will have to specify which module. e.g. soffice -writer. Better might be to look in Program Files\OpenOffice.org*\program\ to see if there are items such as swriter, scalc et cetera and use then when setting associations. If you use soffice with the -module syntax watch your quoting. Sorry cannot be more specific. Like I said in a prior message, I am not really a windows user. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
