From: "James Knott"
web at work wrote:
I need to have MS Office 2003/Pro on my laptop for some of the
people I deal with, since they will not switch to OOo. I also
have OOo 2.4 installed on the same laptop.
There are not real issues with having both on the same
computer. The only problem I have found is when you
have the MS update run on the computer, if it involved
with Office, then it may try to change the file assignments.
I have .doc and such defaulted to OpenOffice.org, but after
the MS updates, the software tries to switch it back. I have
WinPatrol (Scotty dog icon) on my laptop so it warns me of the
wanted change, and I "refuse" the changes. That works well
as to stop the problem.
SO
having Office 2003 Pro and OpenOffice.org on the same computer.
Works well. I use OOo 96% to 99% of the time.
It's easy enough to change the default back to OO, by following these
directions.
Changing file associations
Right click on file icon
Select Open With > Choose Program...
Check "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" and
choose the desired application.
If that method is not available, follow the directions listed here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307859
I have had so much trouble with what MS states is "so simple".
The last time I fell for it, I had to reformat the drive fix the
major ^##%%*((*&& error.
I like it when a non-MS software will stop MS from changing
things to their own way.
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