How to make OpenOffice for mac open .doc, .xls ...

I don't have a Mac, but I think it should work just like it does on Windows and Linux:

"Tools" menu --> "Options" (or maybe "Options" will be under "Edit")

On the left, under "Load/Save", choose "General"

On the bottom, under "Document Type", choose "Text Document" from the list on the left and "Microsoft Word 2003/XP/whatever" on the right.

Do the same for "Spreadsheet" and "Presentation" document types. 

thanks man,

this is the 1st thing I tried - 

it doesn't work though :(

OpenOffice has a lot of bugs.

You should try NeoOffice, which is based on openoffice - but works much better

(also free open source)

good luck!

:P

Hi, just right click on the .doc document choose get info and in open with choose openoffice then click Change all. Now all the .doc open with OpenOffice ! Do the same with an .xls, .ppt documents. Try using NeoOffice for mac much faster...

Hi I have neooffice and I'm trying to open xls file but it keeps saying that it cannot

be opened due to no available application. I's appreciate any help.

Thanks

Janice