It sounds like your file associations have been changed, such that .doc and  
.xls (etc.) files are associated with OpenOffice.org. There was a question  
during installation that asked you whether you wanted to do that, which you may 
 
have inadvertently indicated you wanted. 
 
You didn't say what operating system you're on, but if it's Windows  (which 
is the only one I'm familiar with), you should be able to get them back  to the 
way they were before by doing the following:
 
Find a Word file (a .doc file).
Right click on it
Choose "Open with", then "Choose program"
Select Microsoft Word, and check the box that says "Always use the selected  
program to open this type of file"
Click "OK"
 
(If you have Excel or Powerpoint files, you'd need to do the same thing  with 
a file of each of those types also.)
 
Dick, Webster, NY
 
 
 
In a message dated 11/5/2005 6:49:28 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Dear  OpenOffice,

I recently took a look at OpenOffice and then decided to  uninstall. Despite 
this, it has taken over my Word documents and prevented me  from converting 
documents to pdfs. I received pdf converter with my purchase  of OmniPage and 
it 
seems it no longer recognizes "Word" files, which are in  fact now in My 
Computer as OO files. In any case I wish to remove whatever is  on my system 
that 
takes docs over as OO docs.

Word files created before  I downloaded OO are taken over as OO docs and new 
ones are taken  over.

Please advise asap how to remove whatever remains on my system  (XP pro, and 
Office software).

Thank you.
Stan  Fineman




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