Re: AbiWord ambush on my mac

On Wed, 31 Jan 2007, Judith Rascoe wrote:

> Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:07:08 -0800
> From: Judith Rascoe <boise@well.com>
> To: abiword-user@abisource.com
> Subject: AbiWord ambush on my mac
>
>
> Mail attachments arrive as AbiWord documents on my Mac - why?

I'm not a Mac user and I cannot be sure of my answers but I'll make a few
quick suggestions which hopefully might aid you in finding an answer.

> Every so often - maybe 2 times out of twenty - an email attachment sent
> to me as a Microsoft Word document arrives saying it's an AbiWord
> document.

Nasty habit people have of sending Microsoft Word documents instead of
including the relevant information in the email itself ...

Most likely since installing Abiword all Microsoft Word documents (.doc)
have become associated with abiword. Finding out how to change this
association back to whatever program you prefer might be a little awkward
but perhaps if you root around the preferences for Mail.app it will show
you how to change the setting.

> AbiWord has its charms, but in these cases it's less than charming: it
> becomes very balky and slow and takes several minutes to allow
> scrolling, for instance. It underlines phrases in green for reasons
> that escape me, and it displays the spinning beach ball of death at
> every opportunity.

The green underlines indicate grammar problems. Microsoft word also uses
green underlines to indicate grammer problems. You can turn off grammar
checking if you would prefer not to see these green lines.

> I don't want my email program to toss these attachments to AbiWord, and
> I don't know why it does this. I can't find a menu in preferences
> anywhere that allows me to control this.

I assume you were looking for this preference inside Mac Mail and not
Abiword but if you still cannot find the setting it may be a global
setting for your Mac that is being picked up by Mac Mail.

The apple support pages dont provide much detail about opening attachments
but perhaps the help included with the program includes more detail
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=151537

> At the same time, I don't want simply to delete AbiWord in case it's
> opening files that I'd otherwise be unable to open. Also it's a nice
> app if it would just mind its own business.
>
> Explanations, help, and work-arounds would all be very welcome.

Tomorrow perhaps someone more familiar with the Mac will be able to advise
you but should you find the solution in the meantime please do mail
back and let us know.

-- 
Alan
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