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choose app to open file?

3 replies · 2,185 views · Started 01 July 2006

how do I choose application to open file? e.g. When I click on any office file it is always opened by OfficeSuite(trial) but how can I open it in the preinstalled QuickOffice? even if I go to menu->office->Quickoffice and open .doc file it opens in OfficeSuite's Docs.

another question: how to enable crop option in Super? - shold I create a new thread for this question? 🙄

On Symbian based devices, what app is opened for a file type is determined by an installed special program called a "recognizer". If there are multiple apps that could handle the file type, then the app that installed its own recognier last is the most likely to handle the file types automatically. So, if you want a preinstalled app and its recognizer to handle a file type, uninstall other apps for those same file types.

I have the similar problem. When I tried to open an MS Excel attachment from Gmail, it didnt open with Quickoffice apps at all.
Please help.
Thanks

nostarwhere99 wrote:I have the similar problem. When I tried to open an MS Excel attachment from Gmail, it didnt open with Quickoffice apps at all.
Please help.
Thanks

Cant you go to the app that you want to open the attachment with and choose to open it from there..I know its not what you are looking for, but should work ok