In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John W. Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BT Newman wrote: > > Help! Help! Help! Please
> > I just downloaded OpenOffice 2.3 and its turned all my word documents > > saved with .doc (from the option: Edit Save as: Microsoft Word > > 97/2000/XP (.doc) into WordPad documents. And worse every time I try to > > save as a ".doc" it keeps turning them into WordPads even when it is a > > brand new "sheet of paper." I choose complete install - so I didn't > > make any choices. > > I am on Windows XP and have no other Office Suite on my computer. > Word files and WordPad files are the same thing. Since you have never > installed MS Word, your copy of Windows only knows about WordPad, and > therefore regards "WordPad" as the correct name for *.doc files. But the > files are the same, any which way. > In other words, everything's fine as it is. > > Also what do I do with the 2.2 version that is still on my computer - > > do I need to keep it or uninstall it. > If you installed 2.3 on top of 2.2, you needn't do anything. If you went > out of your way to install 2.3 separately, then, yes, you should > uninstall 2.2. -- John W. Kennedy "Sweet, was Christ crucified to create > this chat?" -- Charles Williams. "Judgement at Chelmsford" Copied to unsubscribed OP -- Richard Travers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Truro, Cornwall --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
