Catherine Hicks wrote:
all support info is coming up microsoft office...trial..... unable to read any
of it....
also i was under the impression that openoffice would read microsoft office
files????????
thank you for any assistance you can give me..
cathie
I assume you bought a new computer, which included a time bombed version
of Microsoft Office and your documents are now trapped, because the
trial period expired. OpenOffice can read & write Microsoft Office
files, except those created in Office 2007, so it can't read yours.
What you can do, is install the free Microsoft viewers & compatibility
pack, which will allow you you read those files or cut & paste the
contents into OpenOffice. Please note, installing the viewers will make
the viewers the default application for Microsoft Office files, so
you'll have to reset the file associations, using the instructions below.
Word 2007 Viewer and Compatibility Pack:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/CD102258581033.aspx
PowerPoint 2007 Viewer:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=048DC840-14E1-467D-8DCA-19D2A8FD7485&displaylang=en
Excel 2003 Viewer and Compatibility Pack:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c8378bf4-996c-4569-b547-75edbd03aaf0&displaylang=en
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
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