On 10/08/07, Carrie Ann Robinofsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok, OO is the default. I only have the trial version of Word which came > with the comp when I bought it. > Here is what I am noticing. Any saved documents I am able to open. It > seems to be documents that aren't saved which I cannot open. For ex. I > cannot open any of my assignments. Cannot open any kind of doc's, ppt, or > anything I try to open or download that I have not saved. I don't know how > else to answer this is the best I could do. > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: users@openoffice.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 2:51:57 PM > Subject: Re: [users] Getting error when I try to open or download a doc > > > Carrie Ann Robinofsky wrote: > > The error is general error > > General input/output error. > > I am using OpenOffice version 2.2 on Windows Vista. > > I have never had this problem before. > > How can I fix this or what is wrong. > > I uninstalled and restalled but still getting the error. > > > > Thank you, > > Carrie > > > What sort of document are you trying to open? Where did it come from? > > How are you opening the document? Are you double clicking on it, or are > you running OpenOffice and then doing File>Open? If the second, then I'm > a bit stumped. > > When you installed OO, did you say that you wanted it to be the default > program for opening Word documents? Did you also uninstall Word? > If the answer to #1 is No and to #2 is Yes, then there's your problem: > Windows is trying to find Word and can't. > > What do you mean "... or download a doc"? > > -- > Harold Fuchs > London, England > Please reply *only* to users@openoffice.org
Sorry, but I don't understand. If you haven't saved it, how can you possibly open it? I think you need to get a local guru to sit in front of your screen and see what you are doing. From here I don't think I can offer much more help. Sorry. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to users@openoffice.org