On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 00:20:59 -0700 Pip Woodcock <pipwoodc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The documents show as orange icons (if that is the right terminology) on > desktop or in my documents and when I try to open them a box comes up > headed Microsoft Office and says "this program is unable to run because of > missing or corrupted files. Contact your computer manufacturer" > > When using Open Office 3 before if I wanted to send an attached piece of > writing I had to change the file from Microsoft 95 to Microsoft 97/2000/XP > so that the recipient could read it. > > Some have the Open Office icon next to them and open perfectly. Right click on one of these "orange" icons and select "Open With" from the popup menu. If OpenOffice is offered from the dropdown select that, otherwise go to the bottom of the popup window where there should be an offering of "Select other program" and navigate to /Programs /Files(x86) /OpenOffice and choose soffice.exe. There should also be a checkbox (or something) to "Always use this program to open these files". Now the "orange" icons should open by double clicking on them. Note that I'm not on a Windows machine, so cannot check exact wording or paths. > > > On 21 August 2014 00:01, Alexandro Colorado <j...@oooes.org> wrote: > > > Just make a search on your computer for the correct names. To do this > > go to Windows -> search and type the name of your doucments. > > > > Open the Apache OpenOffice program and go to File -> Open and open from > > there. > > > > On 8/21/14, Pip Woodcock <pipwoodc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Please help me retrieve these as they are very important. Do I > > reinstall > > > Open Office 3 or what do I do? > > > > > > Thanks, Pip Woodcock > > > > > > -- > > > Pip Woodcock, > > > 2049 Cowichan Bay Road, > > > COWICHAN BAY, B.C. V0R 1N1. > > > 250-701-9166 > > > pipwoodc...@gmail.com > > > > > > > > > -- > > Alexandro Colorado > > Apache OpenOffice Contributor > > 882C 4389 3C27 E8DF 41B9 5C4C 1DB7 9D1C 7F4C 2614 > > > > > > -- > Pip Woodcock, > 2049 Cowichan Bay Road, > COWICHAN BAY, B.C. V0R 1N1. > 250-701-9166 > pipwoodc...@gmail.com -- 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
