gagli...@yahoo.com wrote: > I have all my work in doc,xcl,ppt..I installed Openoffice hoping would work > better than Office which I erased because it was a defective pirate copy. > Now, when I try to open let's say an MS word doc the computer does not > automatically know what program to usee to open it. I've read that this > option of recognizing the right program can be modified during installation > but I reinstalled three times without finding it. How do I geet the right > program to recognixe the rghtfil. And last, what a ptoblem did mjkkl? > > A disc > >
You have to set the file associations for those files. Assuming you're running Windows, you can follow 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
