check out http://www.OfficeBestDeal.com/ac9811.htm
to understand the situation.
----- Original Message -----
From: Harold Fuchs
To: users@openoffice.org
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 5:48 AM
Subject: Re: [users] [moderated]How
On 15/11/2007, Wilbur Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
I bought, paid for, downloaded and registered OpenOffice a few days ago.
My system is Vista. Now, how in the world did OpenOffice change all of my
WordPerfect12 files throughout my entire computer into OpenOffice writer files?
And, how do I get them back into WordPerfect?
Wilbur Holland
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
First, why on earth did you pay for OpenOffice? It's completely free, as are
all upgrades, from www.openoffice.org I suppose that if you paid a nominal
amount for a CD to avoid having to download it over a slow/unreliable/expensive
internet connection then that's OK but otherwise ...
To solve your problem, though should be easy:
In Windows, the "extension" (.doc, .wpd .html etc.) part of a file's name
define that file's "type". Windows decides what to do to open a particular
*type* of file by consulting its [pseudo-]table of "file associations". This
table specifies which program to invoke to open each type of file. **Sorry if
that was teaching my grandmother to suck eggs **.
So, I think you need to "re-associate" WordPerfect (.wpd ???) files with
WordPerfect. One way to do this is as follows:
1. *Right* click on one of your WordPerfect file and choose "Open With..."
from the menu that pops up.
2. You will be presented with a list of programs. If WordPerfect is in that
list, select (single click) it and go to step 4.
3. If WordPerfect is not in the list, click the "Browse ..." button and
browse to the its executable in the directory into which you installed it
(probably somewhere down the C:\Program Files\... path). Once you've found it
in the "Browse..." window, select it and click "Open". You will be returned to
the same position as you were at the end of #2 above.
4. Tick ["check"] the little box labelled something like "Always use this
program to open this kind of file".
5. Click OK.
Now, when you double click on a WordPerfect file Windows will invoke
WordPerfect to open it and all should be sweetness and light.
--
Harold Fuchs
London, England
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