Re: AbiWord ambush on my mac (fwd)

Forwarding to the list so that the message gets archived.

Really what you (Judith) need is a Mac expert rather than an Abiword
expert but hopefully Hub or one of the other Mac users will know the
answers.

-- 
Alan
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:47:45 -0800
From: Judith Rascoe <boise@well.com>
To: Alan Horkan <horkana@maths.tcd.ie>
Subject: Re: AbiWord ambush on my mac
On Jan 31, 2007, at 7:23 PM, Alan Horkan wrote:
> Nasty habit people have of sending Microsoft Word documents instead of
> including the relevant information in the email itself ...
Ho, ho.  No, these are self-contained documents (essays, book reviews,
notes from meetings) and not just information. They have a fair amount
of formatting - but I hasten to say that I've received other formatted
MSWord documents that came through intact as MSWord files.
> Most likely since installing Abiword all Microsoft Word documents
> (.doc)
> have become associated with abiword.  Finding out how to change this
> association back to whatever program you prefer might be a little
> awkward
> but perhaps if you root around the preferences for Mail.app it will
> show
> you how to change the setting.
I've rooted and rooted, but for the life of me I can't find a
preference setting for this kind of thing in this OS's version of Mail.
Nor can I find such a thing in System (that is global) Preferences.
Maybe I'm not looking in the right place. I remember older OSs that
allowed you to select 'protocols' for dealing with different kinds of
files. Darned if I can find one now.
>
> The green underlines indicate grammar problems.  Microsoft word also
> uses
> green underlines to indicate grammer problems.  You can turn off
> grammar
> checking if you would prefer not to see these green lines.
Good to know. Frequently the green lines appear in baffling places. I'm
a writer by profession and a pretty good copy-editor, so I keep my own
MSWord grammar checker off.  Didn't know AbiWord had one.
>
> The apple support pages dont provide much detail about opening
> attachments
> but perhaps the help included with the program includes more detail
> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=151537
Heh. No, seriously, the on-board help program doesn't help at all in
this case.
>
> Tomorrow perhaps someone more familiar with the Mac will be able to
> advise
> you but should you find the solution in the meantime please do mail
> back and let us know.
Most certainly.  Thanks for the encouraging words.
Judith