[AT] Off topic Open Office and computer associations.

[Vaughn Miller]

Open Windows Explorer, and go to Tools -> Folder Options.  Click on
the File Types tab to get to your file associations.

Hope this helps

Vaughn Miller
Dillsburg PA

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 3:29 PM, charlie hill
<charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
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