In news:ilua2k$ion$1...@dough.gmane.org, Larry Gusaas <larry.gus...@gmail.com> typed: : On 2011/03/17 6:35 PM Paul wrote: :: On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Roy Abbott :: <r...@focalpointministries.net :: <mailto:r...@focalpointministries.net>> wrote: :: :: I recently installed Open Office on my Mac to test it :: out. Now when I open an attachment in Entourage, by :: default, the document opens in Open Office. I do not :: want this to happen. I want the documents to open in :: the Microsoft Office document that it opened in before :: installing Open Office on my computer. (i.e. Excel, Word, :: etc.) :: :: Please tell me how to get the default settings back to :: open an emailed document back to opening in Excel or :: Word, as it did prior to installing Open Office. :: :: Thank you! :: :: Roy Abbott :: :: Forwarding your question to the users list for :: OpenOffice.org for people to assist. :: :: /paul : You will have to do this for every Microsoft file type you : do not want to open in OOo. I will : describe for Word .doc: : : In Finder locate a .doc file. : Right click on the .doc file : Click "Get Info" : A long narrow window will open : Part way down the window is "b> Open with:" (make sure the : triangle is pointing down" : Below that is a drop down menu. Select MS Word : Below that is "Use this application to open all documents : like this one." : Click the "Change All..." button. : : Larry : -- : _________________________________ : Larry I. Gusaas : Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada : Website: http://larry-gusaas.com : "An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are : far behind theirs." - Edgard Varese
Or reinstall it, and this time tell it to not take over the shortcuts & file associations. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
