On Wed, 4 Jun 2014 14:40:28 -0400 "Cecil Price" <cepric...@roadrunner.com> wrote:
> I am having what I consider to be a serious problem with OpenOffice. After > downloading OpenOffice 4.0.1 Most of my Microsoft Word files were > transferred into OpenOffice format without my instructions to do so. I > consider this an outrageous intrusion into my files. My first response to > this intrusion was to completely delete Open Office and any associated > software from my system, but I fear that in doing so I will lose important > documents. I only have Open Office on my system because some associates use > it and it is simpler to use it to open files from them. I believe it > reasonable to assume that I am not the only user having this problem, so I > assume you are aware of it and have a solution. I would have searched your > bugs and problems section, however I feel that I may only be inviting > further intrusion into my system by registering. Please contact me by > replying to this email with a solution to my problem. I WANT MY WORD FILES > BACK! > > > > C.E. Price Jr. > Your files have not been touched in any way. What has happened is that the File Associations on your computer, which determine what program opens a particular type of file, have been set so that .doc files open in WordPad. You need to reset the File Associations to point to MS Office or MS Word; details are given in this posting https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=12918 -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
