[jpmm]

I have been trying to get this to work for hours...
I have Word docs copied from a PC to my Mac. All the icons are blank generic white icons. I have removed office 2004 Trial (which was a pain) and the documents open with AppleWorks.
How do I change the generic white icons on ALL documents throughout the system to be AppleWork's Document icon?
Please do not tell me to highlight them all and use Get Info to paste an icon - that's not what I mean.
I downloaded CandyBar, but that doesn't seem to be the answer either.
There HAS to be a way to tell OS X that all files of "Kind: com.apple.appleworks.word" to use a certain icon....
Your help is appreciated....
Thanks,
Jim.

[dougster]

-Hi,
Its hard to believe Appleworks will open all your MS-Word .doc. Anyway, try doing a Get-Info, and change Open With: Appleworks->then click apply all. Unless you've tried that. The icons should change to Appleworks. Still can't believe AW has the power to OPEN all .doc. It can't at this end /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[PeterG]

Doug,
I highlighted a word file. Went into the Get info, changed it to Appleworks 6, agreed to the change. I closed the file then double clicked it. It opened using Appleworks 6.
Edit) it converts the file when opening. But the file/icon stayed the same.
Peter

[jpmm]

That didn't work for me.
I clicked a Word .doc file and changed the Open With (under Get Info) to something else, clicked Change All... then clicked Open With again (under Get Info) to change it back to AppleWorks. I clicked Change All...
Both associations just looked at me like /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif "I don't think so." They stay as generic white icons.
(It does seem to "convert" it to AppleWorks just fine - which I was glad about, but I hate seeing a bunch of white icons).

[dougster]

-Peter & -JP,

In reply to:

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It opened using Appleworks 6.

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OK...I take it back.. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif It works, but just doesn't keep the original margins, formatting etc. w/ AW v6.x. Even doing a Save-As MS .doc using AW doesn't give it MS icon for the file. Just the white generic icon. -JP..you could always purchase Office:X-Mac, and for sure you'd have the true MS look. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif If you are a student/teacher you'd get the discounted price.

[jpmm]

True... I could purchase it, but I didn't really want to just now. I have Office 1998, which works in Classic mode (for files that Must be opened in Office).
I guess my real question is - for any group of files... how does one make a file type associate with a program and have the correct icons? (I used to run OS 9 on my 6500, and I just recently got my OS X Mac- In between then, I have been using coughWindowscough) I know it's different from Windows where ".doc"=Word... the Mac uses a different structure, but I am kind of disappointed that I wasn't able to find an "easy" way to tell all ".doc" files (or of a certain "kind" of file) to have a certain icon... I seem to remember a program called FileTyper that would fix associations - but I am puzzled by WHY it is a white generic icon instead of showing the AppleWorks icon (or whatever program I happen to "associate" its KIND to). I consider myself an expert computer user, so if I am having trouble - certainly people who don't use the computer as much as I do, have the same question (I saw it on google groups, but no good answers there either).
Thanks for your thoughts.
Jim.

[PeterG]

Hey Doug,
Isn't it fun when your right. hehehe
Peter