Re: Can't open previous ( .odt) documents now in Open Office.

[David Robley <ro...@gmail.com>]

Your attachments were stripped by the mailing list software. As I can't 
see them, I'm guessing that you try to open the documents by double 
clicking on them in Windows Explorer and Windows is offering to open 
them with MS Office.

If this is the case, it is likely that a Windows upgrade has silently 
changed file associations so the Windows is configured to open 
OpenOffice files with MS Office. Set the associations again - for 
Windows 10 click Start-->Settings-->System--->Default Apps-->Set 
Defaults by App. Click on Apache OpenOffice then Set this program as 
default.

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/change-default-browser-program-windows-10 
is a page with pictures showing ways of changing default programs in Win 10

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On 4/1/19 11:12 am, Dennis Koziol wrote:
>
> I have been using Open Office for the last few months without any 
> problem on my new computer.
>
> I had been using Microsoft Office for years but could not stand how 
> they almost wanted a pint of blood every year just to use their 
> product at home. Like I said I just started using your product and had 
> been really happy with it.
>
> But now I can’t open documents in Open Office when I had just created 
> those documents in that program weeks before.
>
> I am currently unemployed and looking for a job – all my resumes are 
> in (.odt). Will I be able to send them out?
>
> I am also a writer and have been converting a ton of my previous 
> documents into your format – this scares me.
>
> I don’t know what happened but this could destroy years worth of work.
>
> I will send two attachments, one of what I see when I try to open a 
> document, and the other of what I see when it does open.
>
> If this continues to happen I will have to pay the blood to try to get 
> my documents back.
>
> Let me know if you get an answer.
>
> Dennis Koziol
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David Robley

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