Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: DocX

Andreas Säger wrote:
> Tanstaafl wrote
> > The problem with the Compatability Pack is, it takes over *all* file
> > associations for *all* Office documents, including the ordinary .doc,
> > .xls and .ppt files... this confuses users who are not computer saavy...
> >
> > --
> Why bother about users who are not computer savvy? Double-click is one
> distinct action. There can only be one program bound to this particular
> action. The MS viewers are the most appropriate programs to view MS Office
> files. Anybody unable to open some file with some other program is the wrong
> person on the job.
> If this default application is a major annoyance, there are administrators
> to modify the default file assosiations for all users.

Generally, the last app to be installed grabs the file associations.  To 
avoid that problem, when I rebuilt a system for friend yesterday (disk 
crash), I installed the viewers first and then OpenOffice.

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