RoryOF wrote:Did you try my document monkey.odt two posts before this? It should give you a paragraph of text, then a nice picture of Fay Wray being terrorised by the real King Kong (the 1933 one).
is not going to work. If you want to create an .odt (OpenDocumentText) file (that can contain text, images etc) then you need to use AOO.both text and photos
suggest that they are not actually openoffice files.The ASCII Filter Options pop-up appears on most, possibly all of my OO docs from prior use
nope, changing the extension changes the extension, that is all it does. You end up with whatever file type you started with, but with the wrong extension - confuses everything. The only way to fix it is to put the extension back to what it should beI have saved it with a number of extensions hoping to convert, but unsuccessfully
I'll dump the extras, then save in all the files types I'm offered, probably .txt or all files if the original conditions return. The reason for trying this was that once before, appx2-3 years ago this happened on a file, and the advice that solved it was to change the extension. Unfortunately, I lost that file with the failure of my Vista machine so can't relate details.peterroots wrote:suggest that they are not actually openoffice files.The ASCII Filter Options pop-up appears on most, possibly all of my OO docs from prior use
I'm uploading a snip of the properties pop-up on the first one I found. It thinks it is OO 1.1, but what would it know? It seems to think it was modified a couple years befor being created....nope, changing the extension changes the extension, that is all it does. You end up with whatever file type you started with, but with the wrong extension - confuses everything. The only way to fix it is to put the extension back to what it should beI have saved it with a number of extensions hoping to convert, but unsuccessfully
75FXE wrote:I have removed the notepad icon so as not to trigger future problems. My choices now are from rightr clicking on the desktop which yields a number of document options: WORD,Journal, WIN.zip, OO Presentation, OO Spreadsheet, Open Document Drawing, New text document .txt which opens as OO writer with full surrounding OO toolbars, measuring grids frame. (Opens after selecting the three options from the ASCII options pop-up.)
75FXE wrote:Properties show it as OO 1.1...
75FXE wrote:... and plants a ~lock mirror on the desktop
75FXE wrote:" Save your files using /File /Save As, selecting the file type by using the dropdown filetype selector and ensuring that the "Automatic file name extension" box is checked." I assume I will have these options since I will not be using the .txt TO WHICH OPEN OFFICE DEFAULTS.
75FXE wrote:I attach a snip of the folder menu in case it may trigger a thought.
PS: Your signature needs to be updated.
I'm now gathering that what I thought was AOO actually wasn't. My new o/s has a MS starter set built in that wasn't there in Vista. Apparently the icon that used to send me to AOO no longer does but the menu names remain the same.Bill wrote:75FXE wrote:I have removed the notepad icon so as not to trigger future problems. My choices now are from rightr clicking on the desktop which yields a number of document options: WORD,Journal, WIN.zip, OO Presentation, OO Spreadsheet, Open Document Drawing, New text document .txt which opens as OO writer with full surrounding OO toolbars, measuring grids frame. (Opens after selecting the three options from the ASCII options pop-up.)
You are missing an option to create a new OpenDocument Text document. That is the option you need to create a document in the native file format for Writer, having the .odt file name extension. OK H-m-m-m-m...........75FXE wrote:Properties show it as OO 1.1...
The complete Type of file in Properties is "OpenOffice.org 1.1 Text (.txt). That is a plain text document, not an OpenDocument Text document.
OK, so if Properties say it is aqn Open document, that really means it is not an OO document.....pretty crafty.75FXE wrote:... and plants a ~lock mirror on the desktop
That's normal. AOO always creates a ~lock file when a file is opened. It is normally closed automatically when the file is closed. OK, I'll buy that.75FXE wrote:" Save your files using /File /Save As, selecting the file type by using the dropdown filetype selector and ensuring that the "Automatic file name extension" box is checked." I assume I will have these options since I will not be using the .txt TO WHICH OPEN OFFICE DEFAULTS.
Writer doesn't generally default to .txt. It will default to .txt if you open a .txt file. OK, it was doing it on everything I did since I was using the icon I've since deleted.75FXE wrote:I attach a snip of the folder menu in case it may trigger a thought.
Your system is set to open .txt files with AOO. That, combined with creating files by right-clicking on the desktop and selecting New > Text Document (.txt) is why you have .txt files instead of .odt files. If you wan't to use the native .odt files, create new files by opening Writer and selecting New > Text Document. When you save this new document, the format should default to .odt instead of .txt.
75FXE wrote:I'm now gathering that what I thought was AOO actually wasn't. My new o/s has a MS starter set built in that wasn't there in Vista. Apparently the icon that used to send me to AOO no longer does but the menu names remain the same.Bill wrote:75FXE wrote:I have removed the notepad icon so as not to trigger future problems. My choices now are from rightr clicking on the desktop which yields a number of document options: WORD,Journal, WIN.zip, OO Presentation, OO Spreadsheet, Open Document Drawing, New text document .txt which opens as OO writer with full surrounding OO toolbars, measuring grids frame. (Opens after selecting the three options from the ASCII options pop-up.)
You are missing an option to create a new OpenDocument Text document. That is the option you need to create a document in the native file format for Writer, having the .odt file name extension. OK H-m-m-m-m...........75FXE wrote:Properties show it as OO 1.1...
The complete Type of file in Properties is "OpenOffice.org 1.1 Text (.txt). That is a plain text document, not an OpenDocument Text document.
OK, so if Properties say it is aqn Open document, that really means it is not an OO document.....pretty crafty.75FXE wrote:... and plants a ~lock mirror on the desktop
That's normal. AOO always creates a ~lock file when a file is opened. It is normally closed automatically when the file is closed. OK, I'll buy that.75FXE wrote:" Save your files using /File /Save As, selecting the file type by using the dropdown filetype selector and ensuring that the "Automatic file name extension" box is checked." I assume I will have these options since I will not be using the .txt TO WHICH OPEN OFFICE DEFAULTS.
Writer doesn't generally default to .txt. It will default to .txt if you open a .txt file. OK, it was doing it on everything I did since I was using the icon I've since deleted.75FXE wrote:I attach a snip of the folder menu in case it may trigger a thought.
Your system is set to open .txt files with AOO. That, combined with creating files by right-clicking on the desktop and selecting New > Text Document (.txt) is why you have .txt files instead of .odt files. If you wan't to use the native .odt files, create new files by opening Writer and selecting New > Text Document. When you save this new document, the format should default to .odt instead of .txt.
75FXE wrote:One other part to this mess has been cleared up - as part of the spreadsheets creating mirror lock files and marking all folders Read-Only. This apparently is a known flaw in MS o/s since XP which happens randomly in XP VISTA, WIN7 and Microsoft has chosen not to develop a fix:
http://itexpertvoice.com/home/fixing-the-windows-7-read-only-folder-blues/
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