Default Application to Open Attachements

[MacScott]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel
Email Client: Exchange

Where do I specify in Entourage the default app to open an attachment type?

Suddenly all Office Documents sent as an attachments do not open using the the MacOffice program, but rather launch Windows (Parallels) and the equivalent Windows XP application.

I did not change any preferences! Could be that the latest OS X update changed something?

 

[Michel Bintener]

That could indeed be the case. File associations cannot be changed in
Entourage, but must be done in the Finder (or similar applications). Select
a particular Office document in the Finder, right-click it and choose Get
Info from the contextual menu. In the Get Info window, expand the Open With
section, choose the appropriate Mac Office application from that list and
click on Change All. Repeat this procedure for every type of Office document
(Word, PowerPoint and Excel).

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel
Email Client: Exchange

Where do I specify in Entourage the default app to open an attachment type?

Suddenly all Office Documents sent as an attachments do not open using the the
MacOffice program, but rather launch Windows (Parallels) and the equivalent
Windows XP application.

I did not change any preferences! Could be that the latest OS X update changed
something?

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:mac (Entourage & Word)

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[MacScott]

Thank you for the quick response.

Further testing results:

If attachment is moved to desktop it opens with the appropriate MacOffice Application. However, if opened from within Entourge it opens XP in Parallels, then the Windows application.

How do you change defaults in Entourage?