If in XP go to WINDOWS EXPLORER/TOOLS/FOLDER OPTIONS/FILE TYPES. Click on the type of file you want to change such as XLS. You will see the "Details for "xls" extension". Click CHANGE and you will see the options you can select. Reselect MICROSOFT OFFICE EXCEL/OK all the way out. After that all your EXCEL files will open in EXCEL.
You can do the same with any other extension, such as DOC, etc. This is one thing that irritated me a bit about OPEN OFFICE. You will find that your DOC will open in OO until you make the change as above. Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: Asrail [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 6:41 pm > To: [email protected] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [users] [moderated] How to decide weather to use > Openoffice or MS Office to open a file written in a MS office format > > JOSE RUIZ HUIDOBRO, 23-10-2005 18:57: > > Dear Sirs: > > > > I have installed Openoffice in my computer. When I try yo > open a file > > which is in any MS Office (Excel, Word, Access, Powerpoint, etc) > > format it will be opened directly by OpenOffice without > giving me the > > chance to decide if I want to open ot in OpenOffice or in a > MS Office format. > > > > Is there any way to control this? i.e. any way to decide, > beforehand, > > if a certain file written, say in Word, is to be opened > with Word or > > with OpenOffice writer? > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
