The icon picture has nothing to do with the actual content of the file. It is only the file association that your computer uses to open the file.
If you wish others to view/use your files on MS Office, then you must save the files in a version that Office will understand. (XLS, DOC, MDB, PPT and others) Your icons may still show up as Open Office icons but if they have those formats recognised my MSO, then others will be able to see/open/use the files when they are emailed tp a person/pcomputer without OpenOffice. You have the option when saving a file in OpenOffice to change it to a different format than the default by use of(saveAS). That is where you can choose to allow those not using OpenOffice to use/view your files in MSO format. Roxann Milby Wing B Office Admin -----Original Message----- From: Dave Barton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 6:35 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Sean Schlueter Subject: Re: [users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE On Sun, 2006-02-05 at 09:59 -0800, Sean Schlueter wrote: > I have reciently downlosded open office to my PC. I was using windows > XP > home and had windows office 2000 with all its programs excel ,word, > powerpoint etc. When I down loaded Open office it changed all my windows > office icons to Open office. That is fine because I like the open office > program. > I have one complaint. It is important that I can e-mail attachments in a > format that can be opened by most people who have windows etc. Many of > my e-mail attachments wre in either word or excel and are now open > office and cannot be opened by many of the people I sent them to. > > I want to revert back to windows excel or windows word for certian > files. How can I do this. I want them to be in my files with the windows > excel or word icon so I may send them in this format which is easily > recognizable? can Some files exist in my computer as windows icon files > and most of the others in open office ? if so please tell me how I can > do this > Sean Schlueter The answer to your question is given here: http://user-faq.openoffice.org/faq/ar01s04.html#FILE-ASSOCIATIONS Not sure, but this may also be relevant to you: http://user-faq.openoffice.org/faq/ar01s02.html#SAVE_AS_DOC Please reply to [email protected] only. If you post to this list again using the webpage link, would you please replace "YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE" with a meaningful subject line. This helps list volunteers identify those questions they know the answer to. Hope this helps. Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
