[Bug 270149] Re: When gedit goes to open my docs, it destroys them

2008-09-17 Thread David D Lowe
Which email program were you using? To be honest, I don't think that's enough information for a bug report, so I'm converting this one to a question. OpenOffice.org doesn't open documents from the Trash on my system (Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha) either, I may be reporting this as another bug after I do som

Re: [Bug 270149] Re: When gedit goes to open my docs, it destroys them

2008-09-16 Thread Marty McLaren
Ahhh Thank you. I am now able to open documents again. (Those that remain on my desktop, that is.) No, I don't have a clear idea of what changed the default from OpenOffice.org to Gedit.I'll copy below my report; the critical step seems to have been when I deleted the attachment from an e

Re: [Bug 270149] Re: When gedit goes to open my docs, it destroys them

2008-09-16 Thread Marty McLaren
Thanks for your attention to this. I'm away from my home computer now; hopefully this evening I can try your suggestion. Martha > Right-click on a .doc file, click Properties. In the properties dialog, > click on the Open With tab, and select OpenOffice.org Word Processor. If > you don't see it

[Bug 270149] Re: When gedit goes to open my docs, it destroys them

2008-09-16 Thread David D Lowe
Right-click on a .doc file, click Properties. In the properties dialog, click on the Open With tab, and select OpenOffice.org Word Processor. If you don't see it in the list you can find it by clicking Add. The only problem I can see is that the default application for .doc files changed from Op

Re: [Bug 270149] Re: When gedit goes to open my docs, it destroys them

2008-09-15 Thread Marty McLaren
I'm quite lost and hope you will please help me. I'm not super tech savvy. However, I've never had much trouble opening documents on my desktop, in my document folders, or when they've been sent as attachments. Suddenly, this problem is stopping me from opening docs on my desk top. Apparently

[Bug 270149] Re: When gedit goes to open my docs, it destroys them

2008-09-15 Thread David D Lowe
The document you attached is not a plain text file, it's in MS-Word format, you can open it using OpenOffice.org. Gedit does not support rich text formats. ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Invalid -- When gedit goes to open my docs, it destroys them https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270

[Bug 270149] Re: When gedit goes to open my docs, it destroys them

2008-09-14 Thread Marty McLaren
The document which I attached will not open on my desktop, but it does open when I go to the link on the email bug report. This gives me hope that my docs may yet be recovered. mm -- When gedit goes to open my docs, it destroys them https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270149 You received this bug n

[Bug 270149] Re: When gedit goes to open my docs, it destroys them

2008-09-14 Thread Marty McLaren
** Attachment added: "I tried to attach a document; not sure if it worked" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17608159/Amended%2022.6.3.doc -- When gedit goes to open my docs, it destroys them https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270149 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubu