I do use Outlook Express. Before I downloaded the new version of OpenOffice
when I opened an email which had an attachment OpenOffice would open the
attachment automatically. How do I set OpenOffice to do that again. I
remember when I was downloading the new version there was a dialogue box
that came up to check off when OpenOffice would open. I believe I didn't
check the right box there. Is there anyway to have OpenOffice be the default
to open the attachments on Outlool Express when needed. I think I've asked a
better question this time. Thank you
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold Fuchs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: [users] how do I change settings
Lorraine Wettstein wrote:
How do I change the settings so this program automatically opens when I
need it to open emails. I have Windows XP and I just updated to
OpenOffice 2.2 1. When I downloaded I think I did not check the correct
boxes to have it open automatically. My settings before just opened the
emails when I needed them. Please give me directions on how to change
these settings, Thank you.
I'm not sure what you mean by "automatically open e-mails". E-mail
messages are opened by an e-mail program such as Outlook, Outlook Express
or any of many others such as Thunderbird.
OpenOffice is not designed to handle e-mails any more that MS Office is.
Some versions of MS Office include an e-mail program ("Outlook") in the
distribution but it's a separate program. OpenOffice does not include such
a program. Many people who use OpenOffice on Windows delete Microsoft
Office but continue to use Microsoft's Outlook or Outlook Express for
their e-mail.
When you install OpenOffice, you can happily uninstall Microsoft Office
and make OpenOffice the "default" for opening Word, Excel and Powerpoint
documents. None of OpenOffice's installation options let you make it the
"default" handler for e-mails.
If you do uninstall Microsoft Office I don't believe that will usually
uninstall Outlook or Outlook Express as well. If that's what happened to
you then you have a few choices:
- install Microsoft's Outlook Express which comes free with Windows; it
should be on your system somewhere
- install Microsoft's Outlook which comes, not free, with some versions of
Microsoft Office
- install a free non-Microsoft e-mail program. Thunderbird is very
popular. You can find it at
http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/products/thunderbird/
Note that if you use a Microsoft e-mail program it will *not* be able to
spell check your messages if Microsoft Office is not installed. You can
get (free or not free) spell checkers for Outlook Express that don't rely
on Microsoft Office. Thunderbird comes with its own spell checker.
No, I have no affiliations to Thunderbird.
--
Harold Fuchs
London, England
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