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File Associations Not Working In Ubuntu 12.04 For Office 2007 or 2010

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muffinmang Monday 30 July 2012 at 14:41
muffinmangAnonymous

G'day,

I've done 3 x installations of Playonlinux (Version 4.1.3) on Ubuntu 12.04. On 2 of them of installed Office 2007 & 1 with Office 2010. I've set file associations for Word, Excel & Powerpoint (I.E. docx, xlsx & pptx) but when opening the file it still refers to Libre Office. I've tried right clicking & open with other application but neither program appears. Even tried uninstalling Libre Office but still no luck. Am I missing something here as it seems a silly fault but can't locate what I may have done wrong.
Thank you in advance & keep up the good work :).
Cheers.
 
Quentin PÂRIS Monday 30 July 2012 at 17:52
Quentin PÂRISAnonymous

Fixed in 4.1.4 dev
muffinmang Wednesday 1 August 2012 at 14:39
muffinmangAnonymous

Thanks Quentin. At least I wasn't going mad... Looking forward to the official release of 4.1.4 :-). Cheers.
muffinmang Tuesday 21 August 2012 at 13:48
muffinmangAnonymous

G'day Quentin. Just to confirm. I just installed Office 2010 & noticed that it already the file associations however when I double click on a docx file it still openned with Libre Office. Is this normal or am I suppose to right on a file (such as docx) then select open with other application, then select Playonlinux as the default?
Quentin PÂRIS Tuesday 21 August 2012 at 14:00
Quentin PÂRISAnonymous

G'day Quentin. Just to confirm. I just installed Office 2010 & noticed that it already the file associations however when I double click on a docx file it still openned with Libre Office. Is this normal or am I suppose to right on a file (such as docx) then select open with other application, then select Playonlinux as the default?

Quote from muffinmang


That's an ubuntu story. With 4.1.6 (and superior), you can both choose to run your .docx with playonlinux or with "Word 2010" shortcut, it does not matter
muffinmang Thursday 30 August 2012 at 12:37
muffinmangAnonymous

I set .docx to playonlinux as word 2010 wasn't an option and all worked fine. Thank you for all your help and keep up the good work. Cheers. :-)

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