At 07:40 16/06/2007 -0700, Walter Hildebrandt wrote:
How do I change the zip to odt. When I right-click on the file then
click Rename, I can not see the file extension to replace the zip with odt.
Brian Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At 09:57 15/06/2007
-0700, Walter Hildebrandt wrote:
>The website www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org has OpenOffice
>tutorials. A number of times the Users of the website have had the
>same problem. " I can't use the tutorials I downloaded. I
>extract the zip file and get several xml files, but when I open them
>all I get is computercode. What do I need to do to use the tutorials?"
>None of the pages on the website are zipped. What are the Users
>doing to get the zipped files.
The .zip files *are*, in fact, OpenOffice Writer (.odt) document
files, but - as you say - sometimes arrive masquerading as a zip
archives (which is what OpenOffice document files are, in
fact). Don't try to extract the zipped archive (or let your
operating system do so). Instead, just rename the whole downloaded
files from .zip back to .odt and you will have no problem.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
First the quick answer: you can circumvent the problem by simply
opening the .zip file from within OpenOffice. OpenOffice will
recognise it as a Writer document file and open it properly. You can
then save a copy with the normal .odt extension if you wish.
But to answer your question directly: Windows suppresses known
extensions by default. To alter this, open Windows Explorer (or "My
Computer") and go to Tools | Folder Options... | View. Under
"Advanced Settings", remove the tick from "Hide extensions for known
file types". If you wish, you can reset this option after you have
renamed your file, of course.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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