[AT] Off topic Open Office and computer associations.

[charlie hill]

Thanks again Vaughn.  That seems to have done the trick.  So far I'm happy 
with "Open Office".  If any of you don't have MS Office (powerpoint, XL, 
MSWord, etc) this software is supposed to work seamlessly with it.  The 
spreadsheat looks identical to XL.  It's free.

charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vaughn Miller" <vemiller at gmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Off topic Open Office and computer associations.


> 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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