Thank you. I will try your suggestions. ~Rita
----- Original Message ---- From: James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 7:56:14 AM Subject: Re: [users] Change MS Office files to associate with OpenOffice Rita wrote: > When I installed the newest version of OpenOffice, I chose not to associate > MS Office files with OpenOffice. I want to change that to now associate MS > Office files with OpenOffice. How do I do that? I have Vista Ultimate. > > I haven't used Vista, but I imagine the procedure is similar to the XP instructions below. You'll have to do this with each file type (.DOC, .XLS etc). 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 -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org>
