On 29/03/2008 23:29, Jim Hansford wrote:
I have just upgraded with OO 2.4 and now find that the extension of my
text files have changed from Microsoft word 97/2000/XP to Type: DOC
and consequently I can only open them by right clicking them and using
the "open with" from the menu and selecting "swriter"
Those files that were saved as ODF Text Document (.odt) are OK but
they are less that 5% of my total files.
Converting them one at a time is a pain. Also my e-amailing partners
cannot open then either which is a bigger pain. So where do I go from
here ?
James
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I don't think you mean "text files" which have a ".txt" extension and
which wouldn't cause anyone problems with e-mail. I think you mean "MS
Office documents" with a ".doc" extension. Right click on the name of
one of the files and choose Properties. Near the top it says "Open with"
followed by the name of a program and a button labelled "Change". Click
this button and browse to the program you want (I'm not sure from your
wording whether you want to have them open with MS Word or with OOo
Writer). Make sure the "Always use ..." box is ticked (checked) before
clicking OK. You have just changed the "File Association" (Windows
jargon) so that text files are now associated with the program you just
chose.
When you installed OpenOffice 2.4 you will have been asked whether it
should set itself as the program associated to .doc (Word), .xls (Excel)
and/or .ppt (PowerPoint) files. You must have inadvertently answered the
wrong way to what you wanted.
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Harold Fuchs
London, England
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