George,
Thank you for reply my email. Your explain is very true as far as I know.
My big problem that I can not remember which one. Like OCR file from
three different programs. Even I opened the Email message but it does not
know which program even it has the extension (.xxx) but I do not know
what extension is for.
You said about MS Power Point. Yes, I hace it but I never use it because
I bought MS OFFICE XP for the student and teacher. Ofcourse, I never
read the lesson because it was not good for my visual-reading. Should I
use MS Power Point? If yes, then I will study it.
I wonder about DirectX or ActionX, are they as power-point programs?
Leslie--
On Sun, 22 Sep 2002 15:42:04 +0100 "George Bell"
<[log in to unmask]> writes:
> Hi Leslie,
>
> I can sympathise with your frustration.
>
> Windows does in fact come with a default list of file types which it
> knows how to open. This is done by looking at the three letter file
> name extension. For example files with a .txt extension will
> normally open in NotePad or WordPad. Files with a .doc extension
> will normally open in Word.
>
> However, since the list is usually populated from the list of
> programs which exist on your own system, if you receive say a file
> with a .ppt extension, unless you have PowerPoint installed, your
> system won't know what to open it with, and therefore asks you what
> program you want to use to open it.
>
> In an ideal world, it would be nice if the system said something
> like, "You are trying to open a .xxx file and you do not have a
> program to automatically do this." then goes on to list all possible
> programs that can handle it.
>
> However, all is not lost. If you receive a file you cannot open,
> hopefully, you can ask the person who sent you the file, what
> program you need. Given that you have a suitable program on your
> system, it's not actually too difficult to create what is called a
> "File Association", so that in future they will open in a suitable
> program.
>
> George Bell
> Techno-Vision Systems Ltd
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Leslie P Peterson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: 22 September 2002 15:10
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: OPEN WITH...
> >
> >
> > Dear,
> >
> > I always get frustrate with "OPEN WITH" after I clicked any file
> on my
> > computer. I have no idea or know which program can read the file.
> >
> > Do we have any special program of "automatic select the right
> > program" to
> > open the file for me?
> >
> > My computer is Windows98.
> >
> > Leslie--
> >
> >
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>
Mr. Leslie Peterson
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