[opensuse] OpenOffice default question
At work I have routinely been adding OO when setting up new desktops. That is causing problems because it is coming up as the default office suite. How do I reset things so it is not the default? The real problem is not OO - but the icon that identifies the document. They are so familiar with identifying their with the blue "W" that they think all of their documents have disappeared. Thanks sw
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Saturday 2006-11-11 at 02:45 -0800, StephenW wrote:
At work I have routinely been adding OO when setting up new desktops. That is causing problems because it is coming up as the default office suite. How do I reset things so it is not the default?
The real problem is not OO - but the icon that identifies the document. They are so familiar with identifying their with the blue "W" that they think all of their documents have disappeared.
The "W", for Word? Then you are talking of the Windows desktop. I think you'd better ask this at an OO forum, but I suppose it should be as simple as not clicking the "set OO as default app" button during the install. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFFVc0htTMYHG2NR9URAozQAJ96Ci/011uQ3wRUeGruiU9zt65/CACggir4 Om0ghzDXubAZ7EvzwM4YQ8E= =eyTA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday, November 11, 2006 @ 7:16 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
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The Saturday 2006-11-11 at 02:45 -0800, StephenW wrote:
At work I have routinely been adding OO when setting up new desktops. That is causing problems because it is coming up as the default office suite. How do I reset things so it is not the default?
The real problem is not OO - but the icon that identifies the document. They are so familiar with identifying their with the blue "W" that they think all of their documents have disappeared.
The "W", for Word? Then you are talking of the Windows desktop. I think you'd better ask this at an OO forum, but I suppose it should be as simple as not clicking the "set OO as default app" button during the install.
- -- Cheers, Carlos E. R.
Right. And maybe it will also allow you to assign a different file suffix for it right then (In order to be able to launch OO by clicking on a document on the desktop, it will have to have some file extension associated with the OO program). Greg Wallace --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday, November 11, 2006 @ 4:45 AM, StephenW wrote:
At work I have routinely been adding OO when setting up new desktops. That is causing problems >because it is coming up as the default office suite. How do I reset things so it is not the default?
The real problem is not OO - but the icon that identifies the document. They are so familiar with >identifying their with the blue "W" that they think all of their documents have disappeared.
Thanks sw
Are you talking about on Windows machines? If so, it apparently is taking over the .doc extension normally used by Word. I would suggest re-assigning .doc to Word and using some different file extension for OO. To do that, go into Windows Explorer, select Tools-Folder Options, and select the File Types tab. Locate DOC in the list of extensions and choose Change to change the program assigned to it. You should see Microsoft Word in there. Select it and you will have re-assigned Word to that extension. Your next task is to add a new 3 digit suffix and assign the OO word type of application to that suffix. You'd then need to change the suffixes on any OO word type documents to that new extension. That way, when they double click on those documents it will launch OO. Greg Wallace
On Saturday 11 November 2006 11:14, Greg Wallace wrote:
Are you talking about on Windows machines? If so, it apparently is taking over the .doc extension normally used by Word. I would suggest re-assigning .doc to Word and using some different file extension for OO. To do that, go into Windows Explorer, select Tools-Folder Options, and select the File Types tab. Locate DOC in the list of extensions and choose Change to change the program assigned to it. You should see Microsoft Word in there. Select it and you will have re-assigned Word to that extension. Your next task is to add a new 3 digit suffix and assign the OO word type of application to that suffix. You'd then need to change the suffixes on any OO word type documents to that new extension. That way, when they double click on those documents it will launch OO.
Greg: Have you ever USED OpenOffice? None of this is necessary. When you install you are given a choice to make OO the default for certain extentions. You change these after the fact as well. As usual its just an RTFM issue. Open OO writer. Press F1 for help Select Find tab. Key in the word "Extensions" and click find. Read the topic called "Changing the Associations of Microsoft Office Document Types. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
On Saturday, November 11, 2006 @ 3:52 PM, John Anderson wrote: <snip>
When you install you are given a choice to make OO the default for certain extentions. You change these after the fact as well.
As usual its just an RTFM issue.
Open OO writer. Press F1 for help Select Find tab. Key in the word "Extensions" and click find.
Read the topic called "Changing the Associations of Microsoft Office Document Types.
-- _____________________________________ John Andersen
Will this restore the associations to Microsoft Word also, once they've been overridden, or is this something you have to get right at installation time? Greg Wallace --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday 11 November 2006 20:44, Greg Wallace wrote:
On Saturday, November 11, 2006 @ 3:52 PM, John Anderson wrote:
<snip>
When you install you are given a choice to make OO the default for certain extentions. You change these after the fact as well.
As usual its just an RTFM issue.
Open OO writer. Press F1 for help Select Find tab. Key in the word "Extensions" and click find.
Read the topic called "Changing the Associations of Microsoft Office Document Types.
-- _____________________________________ John Andersen
Will this restore the associations to Microsoft Word also, once they've been overridden, or is this something you have to get right at installation time?
That depends on the version of word previously installed. Some versions have an associations option. Some don't. In all cases that I have seen, simply right clicking on any .doc file and select Open With, Choose Program, (select Word from list) check the box at the bottom to always use this program. This facility only became available in XP IIRC. If you have it, its even easier than using the OOsetup program. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
John Andersen
On Saturday, November 11, 2006 @ 3:52 PM, John Anderson wrote:
When you install you are given a choice to make OO the default for certain extentions. You change these after the fact as well.
As usual its just an RTFM issue.
Open OO writer. Press F1 for help Select Find tab. Key in the word "Extensions" and click find.
Read the topic called "Changing the Associations of Microsoft Office Document Types.
-- _____________________________________ John Andersen
Will this restore the associations to Microsoft Word also, once they've been overridden, or is this something you have to get right at installation time?
That depends on the version of word previously installed. Some versions have an associations option. Some don't. In all cases that I have seen, simply right clicking on any .doc file and select Open With, Choose Program, (select Word from list) check the box at the bottom to always use this program. This facility only became available in XP IIRC. If you have it, its even easier than using the OOsetup program. HP laptop nx6320 WindowsXP SP2 with all updates MS Office 2000 (9.0.2720) OpenOffice 2.0 I did RTFM (and I quote): To change the association of Microsoft Office file name extensions to open the files either in OpenOffice.org or in Microsoft Office, using Microsoft Windows: Exit OpenOffice.org and the OpenOffice.org Quickstarter. Run the OpenOffice.org Setup program: Click the Windows Start button, choose Control Panel, click Add or Remove Programs, select the OpenOffice.org 2.0 entry, click Change. In the OpenOffice.org Setup, check the Modify option and click Next until you see the file types page. Select or deselect the file types. Click OK and complete the OpenOffice.org Setup program. And, since I am working for a school system you can bet the most recent version of MS Office is "vintage." When I follow the instructions as above from TFM I can get s far as Add or Remove Programs - OP shows but there is not a choice to Change/Repair as there is for other programs. There is not even an uninstall when I go to ALL PROGRAMS and select OP. I thought the problem was in the set up choices so, I determined I would uninstall - reinstall and make different choices - but I cannot even uninstall it! I seem to be up that proverbial polluted tributary without any means of propulsion. sw
On Sunday 12 November 2006 03:39, StephenW wrote:
There is not even an uninstall when I go to ALL PROGRAMS and select OP. I thought the problem was in the set up choices so, I determined I would uninstall - reinstall and make different choices - but I cannot even uninstall it!
Find the directory in which OO unpacked its installation files. In there you will find a setup.exe If you deleted this directory reinstall and it will detect a working oo installation and offer repair/remove/ AND the ability to change which associations it should manage. Method two: Navigate to any document with explorer, right click, select open with, choose program, and check always use box. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
John Andersen
On Saturday, November 11, 2006 @ 3:52 PM, John Anderson wrote:
When you install you are given a choice to make OO the default for certain extentions. You change these after the fact as well.
As usual its just an RTFM issue.
Open OO writer. Press F1 for help Select Find tab. Key in the word "Extensions" and click find.
Read the topic called "Changing the Associations of Microsoft Office Document Types.
-- _____________________________________ John Andersen
Will this restore the associations to Microsoft Word also, once they've been overridden, or is this something you have to get right at installation time?
That depends on the version of word previously installed. Some versions have an associations option. Some don't. In all cases that I have seen, simply right clicking on any .doc file and select Open With, Choose Program, (select Word from list) check the box at the bottom to always use this program. This facility only became available in XP IIRC. If you have it, its even easier than using the OOsetup program. Right clicking and choosing Open with is a great idea ... However, these teachers do not get it... talk about computer phobic and computer illiterate ... Anyway, back to the orginal problem looking for a solution. I have been doing this long enough to know I should wear a flame retardant suit when asking a question and provide all relevant information - both of which I forgot to do on this excursion into the land of know-it-all (just a little match flareup of my own) HP laptop nx6320 WindowsXP SP2 with all updates MS Office 2000 (9.0.2720) OpenOffice 2.0 I did RTFM (and I quote): To change the association of Microsoft Office file name extensions to open the files either in OpenOffice.org or in Microsoft Office, using Microsoft Windows: Exit OpenOffice.org and the OpenOffice.org Quickstarter. Run the OpenOffice.org Setup program: Click the Windows Start button, choose Control Panel, click Add or Remove Programs, select the OpenOffice.org 2.0 entry, click Change. In the OpenOffice.org Setup, check the Modify option and click Next until you see the file types page. Select or deselect the file types. Click OK and complete the OpenOffice.org Setup program. And, since I am working for a school system you can bet the most recent version of MS Office is "vintage." When I follow the instructions as above from TFM I can get s far as Add or Remove Programs - OP shows but there is not a choice to Change/Repair as there is for other programs. There is not even an uninstall when I go to ALL PROGRAMS and select OP. I thought the problem was in the set up choices so, I determined I would uninstall - reinstall and make different choices - but I cannot even uninstall it! I seem to be up that proverbial polluted tributary without any means of propulsion. sw
On Sunday, November 12, 2006 @ 12:50 AM, John Andersen wrote:
On Saturday 11 November 2006 20:44, Greg Wallace wrote:
On Saturday, November 11, 2006 @ 3:52 PM, John Anderson wrote:
<snip>
When you install you are given a choice to make OO the default for certain extentions. You change these after the fact as well.
As usual its just an RTFM issue.
Open OO writer. Press F1 for help Select Find tab. Key in the word "Extensions" and click find.
Read the topic called "Changing the Associations of Microsoft Office Document Types.
-- _____________________________________ John Andersen
Will this restore the associations to Microsoft Word also, once they've been overridden, or is this something you have to get right at installation time?
That depends on the version of word previously installed. Some versions have an associations option. Some don't.
In all cases that I have seen, simply right clicking on any .doc file and select Open With, Choose Program, (select Word from list) check the box at the bottom to always use this program.
This facility only became available in XP IIRC. If you have it, its even easier than using the OOsetup program.
-- _____________________________________ John Andersen
Of course you are right. I had completely forgotten about doing it that way. Much easier than going through Explorer. Greg Wallace --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Greg Wallace wrote:
On Saturday, November 11, 2006 @ 3:52 PM, John Anderson wrote:
<snip>
When you install you are given a choice to make OO the default for certain extentions. You change these after the fact as well.
As usual its just an RTFM issue.
Open OO writer. Press F1 for help Select Find tab. Key in the word "Extensions" and click find.
Read the topic called "Changing the Associations of Microsoft Office Document Types.
-- _____________________________________ John Andersen
Will this restore the associations to Microsoft Word also, once they've been overridden, or is this something you have to get right at installation time?
Greg Wallace
You can change the associations at any time. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Greg Wallace wrote:
On Saturday, November 11, 2006 @ 4:45 AM, StephenW wrote:
At work I have routinely been adding OO when setting up new desktops. That is causing problems >because it is coming up as the default office suite. How do I reset things so it is not the default?
The real problem is not OO - but the icon that identifies the document. They are so familiar with >identifying their with the blue "W" that they think all of their documents have disappeared.
Thanks sw
Are you talking about on Windows machines? If so, it apparently is taking over the .doc extension normally used by Word. I would suggest re-assigning .doc to Word and using some different file extension for OO. To do that, go into Windows Explorer, select Tools-Folder Options, and select the File Types tab. Locate DOC in the list of extensions and choose Change to change the program assigned to it. You should see Microsoft Word in there. Select it and you will have re-assigned Word to that extension. Your next task is to add a new 3 digit suffix and assign the OO word type of application to that suffix. You’d then need to change the suffixes on any OO word type documents to that new extension. That way, when they double click on those documents it will launch OO.
Greg Wallace
Why not use the default .ODT and .ODS suffixes? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday 11 November 2006 11:45, StephenW wrote:
At work I have routinely been adding OO when setting up new desktops. That is causing problems because it is coming up as the default office suite. How do I reset things so it is not the default?
The real problem is not OO - but the icon that identifies the document. They are so familiar with identifying their with the blue "W" that they think all of their documents have disappeared.
Instead of changing things back to word, why not change the icon of openoffice so they still get their W but get OpenOffice still when they click on it? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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