Hi, Microsoft does not freeze files made in OpenOffice. It must be something else.
Where did you obtain your version from??? Sometimes websites that offer OpenOffice add some function that urges you to pay. Apache OpenOffice is free and never urges you to pay anything. (You may contribute freely through the website though.) OpenOffice can be downloaded from: http://www.openoffice.org 1. Remove your current version. 2. Download OpenOffice from the site mentioned above. 3. Install it. Sincerely, Gerrit Bruijnes On Tuesday, 28 February 2023 at 10:27:04 CET, Gerry Dutchie <wingb...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote: Hi, Screens may vary slightly under several Windows versions! Find the Start button on the taskbar (four litle squares). Click Setup (the round gear wheel) Find Apps on the left. Click Standard apps in the list on the right. Type in the first box at the topp of the list eg.: .odt, .ods, .odp, or .odb or any other filetype you want to associate with OpenOffice. (One (!) extension at the time) Then select in the list below OpenOffice. Find Writer. odt = text. ods = spreadsheet, odp = presentation and odb = database. But there are more!!! Sincerely, Gerrit On Monday, 27 February 2023 at 22:32:10 CET, Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> wrote: On Mon, 27 Feb 2023 20:40:18 +0000 (UTC) keith Harrison <keithh...@yahoo.com> wrote: > When I have documents made up through open office, micro soft then freezes my > files and ask me to sign up with them for a fee.. > How can I get Windows from kidnapping and extorting my files. I don't want to > pay Microsoft when I can use Apache which works great > > Can they legally covert and freeze Apache documents on my computor.? > kindest regards. > > Keith Harrison Set File Associations to tell Windows which application to use to open and edit a file. Right click on each type of OpenOffice file you use, and from the popup, select to use OpenOffice to open that file. I think you may have to use "other applications" (words to that effect) at he bottom of the list, and navigate to find OpenOffice - it may be soffice.exe. I do not use current Windows, so cannot give more precise instructions. -- Rory O'Farrell --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
