I run firefox in preference to IE; I also use OpenOffice in preference to MS as both are better and more stable.
I have never had a problem opening or saving MS Word docs from internet sites ...until now ..I visited a local Govt. site and the downloadable word docs wouldn't open or download and i couldn't manually associate them with Open office! I DID manage to open them in WORDPAD....Curious that a local Govt. site should have such problems I tried using internet explorer and could open them automatically with open office...........What is going on????
I have not had a problem on other sites!
Is this just a Firefox foible?
Anyone else had this prob?
2007-09-25 04:36:33 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet ➔ Other - Internet
Yes I tried saving and open with........I do know how to associate files..........plus it's only this site.....I know that sometimes Firefox has security issues which aren't a problem in explorer
I can get over it using IE...but it's SOOO SLOW
2007-09-25 04:46:14 · update #1
I should make clear that I have not had this problem on other sites
2007-09-25 06:22:20 · update #2
There is a Firefox Add-on called IE View which will allow you to access problem sites in internet explorer with a simple right click.
This should solve your problem
2007-09-25 08:52:52 · answer #1 · answered by ROBERT R 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i've got had comparable problems with Firefox 12 under abode windows 7. YouTube seek provides me an inner blunders every time, and that's basically for Firefox for abode windows the place i'm getting that. Chrome, high-quality. Firefox for Mac, high-quality. strange. must be regardless of version of the positioning YT sends to Firefox clientele motives issues.
2016-10-09 19:53:41 · answer #2 · answered by gregersen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There must be some sort of digital rights management in the documents in some way. Or the person who saved it in the first place made a foul up. I know that some PDFs can be drm'd. But I would of thought that would defeat the object of having downloadable information on a govt website.
2007-09-25 04:43:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Firefox: did you go to Tools--> Options--> Content--> Filetypes and add an entry for DOC for OpenOffice?
2007-09-25 04:51:56 · answer #4 · answered by fjpoblam 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi Doc,
Just how tied up with Microshaft is our government. Bill has more money than several small countries I could name, So is this a foible or the conspiracy that I spend my life looking for.
2007-09-25 08:32:54 · answer #5 · answered by john m 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
That is odd. Did you download them and right click them to do an "open with"?
2007-09-25 04:43:17 · answer #6 · answered by Erik H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dont fret!he steals the plane from the Russians and gets away in the end.
2007-09-25 08:21:04 · answer #7 · answered by scott 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm all ways using fire fox so maby you should go to help cheak for upades it works for me.
2007-09-25 05:42:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋