First of all - claim the f*** down and stop cussing us out. Cussing us out for something you blame Microsoft for won't do a darn thing to make it better. Maybe as a reporter you think yelling and fuming will get you the story you want - but on a volunteer help list - it will get you jack squat.
Let me explain the problem. It's file associations. It's not all h*11 - it's just file associations. Worst case scenario - you open OpenOffice.org- click "File" then click "Open" then click your file. What-do-ya-know! Your file will open. That added, what, 3 clicks to your getting the file open? Yeah - all h*11 broke loose. Easy fix to make you not even have to do that. Right click on your file - click "Open With..." Click the box that says "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" select OpenOffice.org from the list. If it's not on the list, click Browse, then find where you installed OOo. Probably C:/Program Files/OpenOffice2/program/soffice.exe or something like that. If that doesn't work - then run setup.exe for OOo and *THIS TIME* click the boxes that say "Associate these files with OpenOffice.org" for MS Word, MS Excel, and MS Powerpoint files. Now, do you have Microsoft Office, Microsoft Works, or Microsoft Word installed on your computer? Do you have Microsoft Update set to automatically update your software (or Windows Update)? Do you use / did you run any kind of Registry editor, spyware removal, or adware remover, or restore point for Windows? If you let Microsoft Office update itself, it is possible the file associations were reset when it ran the update. Same with the RegEdit, Spyware, Adware, or Restore things. They may have had a restore point that was set prior to you installing OOo. Another problem is if you edited your files at any point in MS Office, and chose their new MSO XML format instead of the classic doc xls and ppt - the new MSO XML formats, OOo can't edit. Whatever your problem with your computer may be - you don't have a right to scream at us. 1) We didn't f*** up your computer - you did. 2) You don't even think we f***ed up your computer - you think MS did (and we aren't them - and you are aware of that). 3) We are volunteers - so even if we *were* Microsoft, and Microsoft *did* f*** up your computer - *WE* didn't - we are here to help. 4) It's a darn computer, claim the f*** down and get a darn life. Hope that helps! On 3/28/06, Hugh Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What the hell is going on? > > I go to My Documents and find that almost every document that had been > in Open Office is now back in Microsoft Word and I'm having one hell > of a time getting my work done! > > I'm went and reinstalled OpenOffice 2 and still the damn documents are > in Word! Did those assholes at Microsoft find I was using OpenOffice > and screw up everything? > > I'm a former consumer investigative reporter for Post Newsweek TV and > do NOT need this aggravation! > > What I do to fix this ASAP? > > Thanks, > Hugh Simpson > > -- > Sign up for your FR** Emergency Preparedness Guide at > http://www.usprepared.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- - Chad Smith http://www.gimpshop.net/ http://www.whatisopenoffice.org/ Because everyone loves free software! http://www.chadwsmith.com/ Because, admit it, you've got nothing better to do right now...
