[AT] Off topic Open Office and computer associations.

[charlie hill]

Thanks Steve.  I'll try to keep that in mind.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 5:35 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
>>>>
>
> Charlie you can also select a file. Say a .pdf file. RIGHT click on it
> and select the "open with" tag. Then select the program you want to open
> it with. Make that the default program.
>
> -- 
> Steve W.
> Near Cooperstown, New York
>
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