Oh Praise you wonderous Barbara of the internet Ether!!! May all your dreams come true you delightful lady. That was so easy and has rid me of so much frustration. Thank you thank you thank you.
Jo ;-) 2009/11/10 Barbara Duprey <[email protected]> > Joanna King wrote: > >> Hi there >> >> I am loving using the openoffice as my word processing programme but how >> do >> I change it so that when I try to open Word documents it does it through >> Openoffice NOT Microsoft word? Each time I want to open a doc I have to >> go >> through the processes of cancelling the Microsoft Word programme setup. >> It >> is infuriating. I have tried deleting MS but its asking me for a disk >> which >> I don't have. >> >> Help! >> >> Jo King >> > > Hi, Jo. This is the "file association" problem, and if what I tell you here > isn't enough, you can look for your operating system's help about that. > Generally speaking, though, you right-click on a file and choose the Open > With option. Browse from the Program Files folder, to the OOo one, to its > program folder, and choose the component that handles that filetype (like > swriter.exe for .doc files). If you have selected the option to always use > this program, you only need to do this once for each of the MS Office > filetypes. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- ...today well lived makes every tomorrow a vision of hope. The Sanskrit
