[AT] Off topic Open Office and computer associations.

[charlie hill]

I just downloaded the OpenOffice open source, freeware version of Microsoft 
Office.  I'll let you know how it works out.  If anyone wants it go to 
OpenOffice.org.

My question is how, with Windows XP, do you set up the software 
associations?  In other words how do you tell the computer what software you 
want it to use to open a file?  Somehow mine has gotten screwed up.  Even 
before I downloaded OpenOffice when I try to open a PDF file the computer 
will ask me what I want to use to open it.  I have Adobe reader V. 9 loaded 
but the computer isn't finding it.  If I try to open a Powerpoint 
presentation I get the same question.  Before I was using Microsofts 
Powerpoint viewer but the machine won't find it.  In both cases I have to 
store the file, open the application and then open the file from inside the 
application.  I know that's not right.

I hoped that when I loaded this Open Office package that the problem would 
go away but it's still the same.

Thanks for any help you guys can share.  Sorry for the O/T.  Please spare 
yourself the trouble of telling me to buy a Mac or load Linux or Red Hat or 
whatever.  I want to work with what I have.

Charlie