On 01/04/2008 16:52, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am using Open Office 2.4 and have two questions:
1. When I create a document and save it to a file folder in My Documents and
I open up the folder that has my created file in it, it has an icon with a
small square with six dots in it, then when I click on that icon of my
created document I get a window reading "Open With" with a number of programs to
choose from, one of which is Open Office 2.4 - then I have to click on OO 2.4
in order to open my document. Why must I choose the OO 2.4 program to open
the file when it was created in that program to begin with, why can't I open it
right away? How can I avoid that?
Windows decides what to do when you you try to open a file by consulting
a table of "File associations" which is kept in the registry. Somehow
your Windows installation has got this table messed up. To correct it:
1. Right click on the name of one of your documents
2. Click Properties.
3. Click the "Change" button near the top where it says "Open with ..."
followed by the name & icon of some program.
4. Browse to the program "swriter.exe"; that'll be in c:\program
files\openoffice.org 2.4\program unless you did a custom install of OOo
and decided to change the installation path.
5. Ensure the box labelled "Always use the selected program to open this
kind of file" is ticked (checked) before you ...
6. Click OK
2. When I send a document that I create in OO 2.4 as an attachment to
someone else who does not have OO but lets say, MS Word they cannot open up my
attachment - is there a way to get around this so they can open my attachment?
Microsoft Office can't read OpenOffice Document Format (ODF) files;
luckily there are several ways round this. In order of preference:
1. Get your correspondents to install OpenOffice; it's free and they may
even prefer it to MS Office
2. Get your correspondents to install the free ODF plugin that lets MS
Office read & write ODF files. It's at
http://www.sun.com/software/star/odf_plugin/index.jsp
3. Send your attachments as PDF files which your correspondents will be
able to read but not edit - very secure. Either
a) File>Send E-mail as PDF attaches the currently open document without
saving it first - you save in ODF format but send in PDF; or
b) File>Export as PDF saves the document as a PDF file which you then
attach it to your e-mail
4. Send your documents as MS Word documents. Either
a) File>Send>E-mail as Microsoft Word attaches the currently open
document directly in MS Word format without saving, similar to (a) above or
b) File>Save as>Microsoft Word (ensure "Automatic filename extension" is
ticked/checked) similar to (b) above
Thanks for your help,
Stuart Davis
You're welcome.
--
Harold Fuchs
London, England
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