[AT] Off topic Open Office and computer associations.

charlie hill charliehill at embarqmail.com
Tue Oct 14 13:54:49 PDT 2008


Thanks Thomas,  yep the error message told me that.  I just couldn't find 
the right menu tab to get to Folder Options until Vaughn set me straight.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Mehrkam" <tmehrkam at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 3:50 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Off topic Open Office and computer associations.



http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307859

You can assign the assiciations in the Folder Options/ File Types menu.

See the tech note above.

--- On Tue, 10/14/08, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:

From: charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
Subject: [AT] Off topic Open Office and computer associations.
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 2:29 PM

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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