Ark and office 2007 files

[Myriam Schweingruber]

Hi,

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 12:03, O. Sinclair<o.sinclair at gmail.com> wrote:
> Have a user w Hardy 8.04 and Openoffice 3. When she wants to open a docx
> or xlsx, the office 2007 formats, from Dolphin or Konqi, then Ark tries
> to open it..
>
> I have tried to install the converter package, no difference. I tried
> changing file associations in "default apps", no change. You can open
> from inside Openoffice but not from the file browser.
>
> Anyone has any idea what I can do to fix this?

That sounds like a file association problem in Dolphin, you should be
able to solve this with a right click on the file in Dolphin and
choose OpenOffice as the application to open with.
But you should change the default file association in kcontrol (I
assume you are still using KDE 3.5 in Hardy, right?) where you can set
OpenOffice to default for these file types (don't forget to remove
ark, though). It sometimes needs a new login to take effect.


Regards, Myriam

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