On 08/04/2008 18:51, web at work wrote:
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.
Ah, but this isn't MS stating "it's so simple". This is an illustrious
member of the OOo users' support group stating it. So ... ;-)
--
Harold Fuchs
London, England
I know what is what, but anything that involves MS's OS is not simple
Harold is a great help on this list.
MS tends to make everything complex that should be simple.
I wonder how simple MS's newest OS, Microsoft 7 is?
They are taking a lot of underlying code out of Vista
to make #7. Well that is another fine mess that MS has/will
get us into.
Thanks Harold.
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