Re: [libreoffice-users] Set libreoffice file associations

Hi :)

Yes, it is very much the same in Windows except that when you right-click on an 
appropriate file you usually have to choose "Properties" from the bottom of the 
right-click menu before you get to see the "Open With ..".  It depends on which 
release tho.  Xp works that way i think but Vista the option is there 
straight-away i think.

Windows likes to hide file-endings (such as "sxw" or ".doc" or whatever) but you 
can force it to show them.  


Open any folder.  The window that contains the folders, files on the right and 
possibly has a split-off section on the left showing places or the explorer-tree 
is called a "File browser".  This has a menu-bar at the top.  Choose 

Tools - Options
then, in the pop-up, scroll down until you see "hide file extensions of well 
known file types" or something like that. UNtick it and then click the "Apply" 
or "Ok" button.

Regards from
Tom :)




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From: Cia Watson <ciamarie@my180.net>
To: users@libreoffice.org
Sent: Sun, 30 January, 2011 3:53:54
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Set libreoffice file associations

On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 15:40:20 -0800 (PST)
"spasmous@gmail.com" <spasmous@gmail.com> wrote:

> How can I set all relevant file associations to Libre Office? I
> looked thru a dozen menus and searched the web but no answer! I'm on
> Windows at the moment, but will also use it on Linux Ubuntu.

I can't answer about Win, since I use it at work only and I don't
recall trying to associate files with programs in Win. But in Linux
using gnome / nautilus it's pretty easy. Just open your home folder and
find a file of the type you want to associate to LibO (such as an odt
file in Documents folder), then right click on it and select the option
to 'Open With' and it will have a default option but you can select
'Open with other application' and then it should give you a list of
alternatives. There should also be a checkmark in that selection area
for 'Remember this application for (similar) files. If that is
selected, it should now make LibO Write the default for files of that
type.

Then do the same for csv or other types of files. There may be another
way to do it, but that's what I use if I want to use something other
than or change the default for a particular file type.

Cia W

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