Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:24 am Post subject: Open downloaded documents in NeoOffice?
Today I downloaded a MS Word document from an email, and it opened in Appleworks instead of in NeoOffice. Previously, such documents have always opened in NeoOffice. I looked in my settings, but couldn't see a way to make my default go back to opening all such documents in NeoOffice.
The only change I made since yesterday was downloading this patch which I saw mentioned in this forum today:
You simply may have confused the OS X Finder. Of all the apps people whine about in OS X, the Finder may be the biggest. Click once on the .doc file and when it appears highlighted, press command-I keys and a Get Info will open up. Go to the 'Open With' drop down menu and click on it. If NOJ is one of the choices, select it and then check a button thats says something like, 'open all documents like this with this app' just below in the GI box. If it's not in the list because of the patch and you haven't logged out or rebooted after patching or in a while, you have to navigate to it and then click on the 'Open' button to re-establish the NavServices (Finder) association.
Well, I was able to open the doc as NeoOffice, but there was no option available to make NOJ the default. (Appleworks was listed as the default).
Plus, a few minutes after I started working on the document, NOJ hung on me and I had to forcequit.
To address the 1st part of your quote, was there not an 'up and down' arrow button/widget next to the entry for Appleworks in the Get Info box so that if you clicked on it other apps would have appeared in a drop-down menu/list including apps like NOJ, M$ Word, etc. and the word 'other' to choose from?
I defer to Pat for the second part of your statement re: his app hanging.
To address the 1st part of your quote, was there not an 'up and down' arrow button/widget next to the entry for Appleworks in the Get Info box so that if you clicked on it other apps would have appeared in a drop-down menu/list including apps like NOJ, M$ Word, etc. and the word 'other' to choose from?
Yes. I found it. I'm a little slow today.
My iMac G5 is the first Mac I've had in years (my husband is the "anti-Mac." ) and I'm still getting used to doing things the Mac way.
You're quite welcome. Please be patient while getting to know your Mac, in the end it's an easier and nicer looking computing experience IMO than those other guys, especialy with the Unix-based OS X, no more whole system crashing when an app does. And by all means spread the gospel and dispel the FUD about Macs. Happy Mac-ing!
When other problems come up, 2 good sources to check out for help are Macnn.com and AppleInsider.com Forums. MacFixit.com Forums also.
You're quite welcome. Please be patient while getting to know your Mac, in the end it's an easier and nicer looking computing experience IMO than those other guys, especialy with the Unix-based OS X, no more whole system crashing when an app does. And by all means spread the gospel and dispel the FUD about Macs. Happy Mac-ing!
You don't have to convince me. And thanks again for the tips.
I actually did read some of the wiki on Thursday, and found it very helpful, but when this problem came up - well, it was Friday, and I wanted to work on my document and get finished.
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) and I'm still getting used to doing things the Mac way.
