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From: za kAT on 14 Mar 2010 20:25 On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:20:55 -0400, Mark Warner wrote: > Bear Bottoms wrote: >> Mark Warner wrote: >>> Fred wrote: >>>> >>>> How do I open a document created with Microsoft word processor using >>>> open office? >>> >>> Double-click it. >> >> You can associate .doc files with Open Office. Right click, open with, >> choose the program to open it (and if you want to always do this, choose >> that option.) >> >> You can also simply open Open Office Writer, choose file menu/open and >> navigate to the .doc file. You may or may not have to choose the .doc >> extension option, or open all files option to be able to see the file to >> open it. > > That too. You can drag the file onto the Writer icon in the start menu. -- zakAT(a)pooh.the.cat - www.zakATsKopterChat.com
From: za kAT on 14 Mar 2010 20:29 On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:18:48 GMT, Bear Bottoms wrote: > Mark Warner <markwarner1954.inhibitions(a)att.net> wrote in > news:805bc7FgnpU1(a)mid.individual.net: > >> Fred wrote: >>> How do I open a document created with Microsoft word processor using >>> open office? >> >> Double-click it. >> > > You can associate .doc files with Open Office. Right click, open with, > choose the program to open it (and if you want to always do this, choose > that option.) > > You can also simply open Open Office Writer, choose file menu/open and > navigate to the .doc file. You may or may not have to choose the .doc > extension option, or open all files option to be able to see the file to > open it. You can go start > run swriter <path to doc file> or run a batch file -- zakAT(a)pooh.the.cat - www.zakATsKopterChat.com
From: »Q« on 14 Mar 2010 20:33 In <news:hnjukg$jtd$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Fred <reg(a)parachute.net.nz> wrote: > "»Q«" <boxcars(a)gmx.net> wrote in message > news:20100314190227.0a1de305(a)bellgrove.remarqs.net... > > In <news:hnjst4$e5v$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > > Fred <reg(a)parachute.net.nz> wrote: > > > >> How do I open a document created with Microsoft word processor > >> using open office? > > > > If OpenOffice is the default handler for it, just click it. If not, > > either use the OpenOffice menu File » Open option or drag the > > document's icon onto an OpenOffice window. > > Not the default. Drag and drop does nothing. Using file/open and > selecting file brings up a window with a heap of options, tried most > of them - none seem to work. Without you telling me what the options you see are, I can't guess what you should do. Hopefully the users' guide Yrrah has linked to in the thread can help.
From: za kAT on 14 Mar 2010 20:52 On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:02:27 -0500, �Q� wrote: > drag the document's icon onto an OpenOffice window. That's doesn't open, it links. You lose stuff, like images, headers and footers. -- zakAT(a)pooh.the.cat - www.zakATsKopterChat.com
From: David H. Lipman on 14 Mar 2010 21:11
From: "Fred" <reg(a)parachute.net.nz> | "�Q�" <boxcars(a)gmx.net> wrote in message | news:20100314190227.0a1de305(a)bellgrove.remarqs.net... >> In <news:hnjst4$e5v$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, >> Fred <reg(a)parachute.net.nz> wrote: >>> How do I open a document created with Microsoft word processor using >>> open office? >> If OpenOffice is the default handler for it, just click it. If not, >> either use the OpenOffice menu File � Open option or drag the document's >> icon onto an OpenOffice window. | Not the default. Drag and drop does nothing. Using file/open and selecting | file brings up a window with a heap of options, tried most of them - none | seem to work. Which format ? ..DOC or ..DOCX I have no problems going back and forth between OO Word and MS Word 2000 on .DOC files. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |