Pete Holsberg wrote:
In the Windows version of the RC, it says something like "Check off
which of the following you want OOo to open" and then it lists Word
files, Excel files and PPT files.
It seems to me that EVERY MS Office user will check off all of those
boxes, not realizing that he/she has chosen to prevent Word/Excel/PPT
from opening those files!!!
Perhaps that window should say "If you want OOo to be able to open your
Microsoft Office files automatically just by clicking on the file name
or icon, you will be cancelling the ability of Word, Excel and
Powerpoint to do the same. You can open an MS Office file with OOo by
right-clicking the filename or icon and selecting 'Open With", and then
selecting OOo."
It doesn't matter what you write for two reasons:
1. Too many people are intimidated by the computers on their desks.
2. Too many people ignore all instructions leading up to a choice and
allow the default values to be set, principally because of reason 1.
But...
Here you are taking issue with whatever the instruction reads and you
couldn't be bothered to capture it verbatim. I am not trying to pick on
you personally but rather as representative of a mindset that makes it
OK to complain about nearly anything as long as facts aren't allowed to
get in the way of the rant, because, after all, it is a lot of work to
substantiate an argument.
DT
p.s., "OpenOffice.org 2.0 will automatically open the following file types."
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