On 01/03/07, Tom Kravitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Is there a way to set openoffice as the default word processor and have it automatically open .doc files. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Assuming you are using a recent version of Windows, right click on one of the files and choose "Open with". Select OpenOffice from the list of possibilities. If OpenOffice isn't in the list, browse to it (soffice.exe) in whichever folder you installed it. Ensure that the little box labelled "Always use this program ..." has a tick/check mark in it (by clicking in it if it hasn't) and then click OK. You'll need to do this once for each *type* of document - .doc (Word) , .ppt (Powerpoint) and .xls (Excel). You may want to do it for .pps (Powerpoint Show) also but I prefer to use Microsoft's free Powerpoint viewer - Google for it. On older versions of Windows -pre "right click" context menus - you can achieve the same effect; look up File Associations in the Help or in Microsoft's Knowledge Base. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
