Dear Crystle I am afriad I am powerless to complain to Microsoft to allow me to use OOo. Someone sent me an attached .odt file and I just want to open it. FYI, I have not been told how to to do it.
Can someone please assist me? Thanks. Regards B C Tan Quoting Immanuel CRC Office <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Tan Bien Chuan wrote: > > Dear Sir > > > > I am using Outlook Express and Microsoft Office. I received an email with > an .odt attachment. When tried to open it, the error message was "The file > does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. > Create an association in the folder option control panel". > > > > How do I open the attachment? Also, if every Microsoft Office user has to > "create a link" then most likely it will be too complicated to open a .odt > file. Can Open office be more user friendly? > > > > B C Tan > > Someone has already answered how you can do this, but I want to clear up > a misconception. > > If MSOffice can't open an OpenOffice.org file, then it is MSOffice that > is not user friendly. The file format for OOo is completely open, so it > is trivial to make an import filter. > > In fact, MS is doing so in order to satisfy a requirement of on US > state. However, they are not making it simple, because MS most likely > does not want you to use OOo. > > This however, is not something OOo has any control over, since Office is > made by Microsoft, and you are using Office to open an OOo file. Please > complain to them! > > Crystle > -- > Crystle Numan > Administrative Secretary, Immanuel CRC > 61 Mohawk Rd. W. Hamilton ON L9C 1V9 > 905-385-0662 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://immanuelministries.ca > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This mail sent via Lightspeed Webmail - http://www.lightspeed.com.sg/galaxy --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
