[Bio-Linux] Broken File Associations in Nautilus

[Dan Swan]

Hi All,

It has come to my attention (thanks Sarah!) that if you use the file 
manager "Nautilus" on Bio-Linux 3.0 certain behaviours do not work as 
expected.

Specifically it is impossible to "double click" OpenOffice files, Excel 
files and Word files and automatically launch OpenOffice.

In order to correctly associate these file types with OpenOffice you can 
  do the following (please note these instructions can be applied to any 
program/document you wish to autoload):

1) Make sure you have run OpenOffice at least once and gone through the 
setup.

2) Open Nautilus and navigate to a file you cannot double-click.

3) Right click on the file.  Select "Open with" and "Other Application". 
   Note - this works best on icon not list view.

4) A box should pop up.  You can then clcik the "Go There" button next 
to "File Types and Programs".

5) A new window appears "Edit File type".

6) Default action should read "OpenOffice.org" - change this to "Custom".

7) Then where it says "Program to Run" click "Browse".

8) From your home directory double click "OpenOffice.org1.1.0"  From the
right hand pane select "soffice" and click "OK".  Click "OK" again to
close the "Edit file types".

9)Double click on any file of that type and it will now open in OpenOffice.

regards,

Dan

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