On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:38:05 -0700 Bill Stephens wrote: > With other programs, when I click on the name of a file, it > automatically opens the program associated with the extension. Widh > OpenOffice, the documents are filed with the extension .odt, but > Windows doesn't know what program to use. Probably the Registry should > be modified. (It seems strange that this was not done by the > installation of OpenOffice itself.) > > Any suggestions? Please be very specific, as I would not want to wind > up with the computer being only a doorstop! <grin> >
In addition to the other helpful advice you have recieved there is a possibility that you have unchecked the tickbox (unticked the checkbox?) on the "Save As" dialogue "Use Automatic file extensions". Ticking this again will work for all future saves but not your existing documents. Existing documents must be opened by right-clicking and choosing "Open With..." Explanation: Windows uses a three character suffix to identify the filetype. If the checkbox is not selected OpenOffice.org saves without this suffix unless it is explicitly appended to the filename by the author. Windows is not MIMETYPE aware as other Operating Systems are. A mimetype aware OS reads the first few characters of a file to identify the filetype. -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
