Microsoft Office Update hurt my mac

gobiwaq · gobiwaq #1 (**permalink**)

11-13-2007, 09:51 AM

Well not really, but I'm still mighty irritated by Bill and his evil update gang.

After I installed the update for Office, it redesignated my other WordPro (Abiword) to be the default for every .doc file not produced on my computer, so I can no longer just click on the document to open it.

For some reason no matter where I look, I can't find how to reset Microsoft Word as my default.

Anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks

darkmcs · darkmcs #2 (**permalink**)

11-13-2007, 01:34 PM

Highlight a Word document you have

click "File" on the top menu bar

Click "Get info" and go to the tab "Open with"

In the drop menu, select the program you want to open the Word file with and click "Change all" button below.

anmoldagreat · anmoldagreat #3 (**permalink**)

11-14-2007, 05:19 AM

i seriously hate ms office updates
everytime they do one i feel like its screwing up my mac
so annoying

gobiwaq · gobiwaq #4 (**permalink**)

11-20-2007, 10:25 AM

thanks for that- but too many files to do that with it was a nuisance. I just deleted Abiword and they all went back to ms word!

Wilcon · Wilcon #5 (**permalink**)

11-20-2007, 10:30 AM

MS Office is gone for me. Had 2004 and not paying to update to 08. 04 is PPC based and so it uses too many resources to keep me happy to run in Leopard on an Intel machine.

knightlie · knightlie #6 (**permalink**)

11-22-2007, 07:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gobiwaq

thanks for that- but too many files to do that with it was a nuisance. I just deleted Abiword and they all went back to ms word!

Read the post again - you don't do it for all files, you click the Change All button.

darkmcs · darkmcs #7 (**permalink**)

11-22-2007, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wilcon

MS Office is gone for me. Had 2004 and not paying to update to 08. 04 is PPC based and so it uses too many resources to keep me happy to run in Leopard on an Intel machine.

Office 2008 will be a free update for 2004 users... you just have to pay the shipping fees...

But I find myself using iWork 08 more often than Office 2004.

knightlie · knightlie #8 (**permalink**)

11-23-2007, 04:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by darkmcs

Office 2008 will be a free update for 2004 users... you just have to pay the shipping fees...

Are you sure about that?

darkmcs #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 04, 2007 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 57 Mac Specs: Macbook - 2.16ghz Core2Duo, 4Gb Ram, 320Gb WD Scorpio HDD, Westinghouse 22" external display	11-13-2007, 01:34 PM Highlight a Word document you have click "File" on the top menu bar Click "Get info" and go to the tab "Open with" In the drop menu, select the program you want to open the Word file with and click "Change all" button below. MacBook Pro unibody 2nd gen (2.53C2D, 4Gb, 320Gb WD Scorpio Black), 16Gb iPod Touch, 32Gb iPhone 3Gs, 160Gb Apple TV, iPad 3G 64Gb
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Wilcon #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 31, 2007 Posts: 69 Mac Specs: Mac Pro Quad Core 2.66, ATI 1900, 5 GB RAM, 750 GB Storage	11-20-2007, 10:30 AM MS Office is gone for me. Had 2004 and not paying to update to 08. 04 is PPC based and so it uses too many resources to keep me happy to run in Leopard on an Intel machine. There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who don't. There are two types of IT problems in the world. PEBKAC and ID 10 T's.
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gobiwaq #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 26, 2007 Location: japan Posts: 7 Mac Specs: ibook g4	11-13-2007, 09:51 AM Well not really, but I'm still mighty irritated by Bill and his evil update gang. After I installed the update for Office, it redesignated my other WordPro (Abiword) to be the default for every .doc file not produced on my computer, so I can no longer just click on the document to open it. For some reason no matter where I look, I can't find how to reset Microsoft Word as my default. Anyone know how to fix this? Thanks
	QUOTE Thanks

gobiwaq #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 26, 2007 Location: japan Posts: 7 Mac Specs: ibook g4	11-20-2007, 10:25 AM thanks for that- but too many files to do that with it was a nuisance. I just deleted Abiword and they all went back to ms word!
	QUOTE Thanks

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