Problems with Libre Office using Windows 10

[Dearelliot]

Some months ago I decided to try using Libre Office instead of Windows 10, Word pad.
I'm 90 yrs old, and just can't wrap my head around Libre Office and I haven't got the time left to learn nor the energy and want to go back to using Word pad.
My problem: Every time I open a story in Documents instead of going to Word pad it goes to Libre Office. I wish to delete Libre Office and I'm concerned I will permanently delete some of my stories that are saved in Documents



Any suggestions?

 

[lovecraft68]

Unfortunately, I can't help you with your issue.

But 90 years old and still writing?

You're my new role model.

 

[Plathfan]

Some months ago I decided to try using Libre Office instead of Windows 10, Word pad.
I'm 90 yrs old, and just can't wrap my head around Libre Office and I haven't got the time left to learn nor the energy and want to go back to using Word pad.
My problem: Every time I open a story in Documents instead of going to Word pad it goes to Libre Office. I wish to delete Libre Office and I'm concerned I will permanently delete some of my stories that are saved in Documents



Any suggestions?

Deleting an app shouldn’t remove files from the documents folder, but to be safe, copy all the files into a new folder, preferably on a different partition if available.

 

[AlinaX]

If you do right-click / open with, does it let you choose WordPad?

 

[Dearelliot]

Goes right to Libre Office. In the past it went to word pad.

 

[Dearelliot]

Deleting an app shouldn’t remove files from the documents folder, but to be safe, copy all the files into a new folder, preferably on a different partition if available.

So many many files!

 

[Plathfan]

So many many files!

Doc files don’t take up much space.

 

[Bamagan]

If you Uninstall Libre Office, your files should be unaffected. You can save them to an external drive just to be safe, of course. If you right-click on a document file and "Open With" it should give you an option to change the default app associated with the file type, whether or not you get rid of Libre. You can also manage that from your settings > Apps and Features, where you can select default programs (and it's also where you go to Uninstall).

 

[Dearelliot]

Now...I wonder how to uninstall an Ap?
I just cant remember...I've done it many times in the past but...

 

[TheWritingGroup]

Some months ago I decided to try using Libre Office instead of Windows 10, Word pad.
I'm 90 yrs old, and just can't wrap my head around Libre Office and I haven't got the time left to learn nor the energy and want to go back to using Word pad.
My problem: Every time I open a story in Documents instead of going to Word pad it goes to Libre Office. I wish to delete Libre Office and I'm concerned I will permanently delete some of my stories that are saved in Documents



Any suggestions?

Like @Plathfan says, deleting the app won't change any documents. However, in Windows, if you right-click on a file, you can choose Open As, and then whatever app you choose. You should have the option to "Always open with" the app you want.

If you accidentally saved a document in LibreOffice's own format, you might not be able to open it in WordPad. (I don't use WordPad, and rarely use Windows. It isn't on this computer I'm typing on.) If you have access to Google Docs (and you trust Google with your adult stuff) you can open LibreOffice ODT documents there and then save them in another format.

 

[TheWritingGroup]

Now...I wonder how to uninstall an Ap?
I just cant remember...I've done it many times in the past but...

In Windows 10, just type "uninstall" in the search area of your Task Bar, and Windows will find it for you.

-Rocco

 

[Dearelliot]

Done thank you all it worked fine
Thanks

 

[Dearelliot]

Back to trying Libre Office, now wiith Windows 11. and I am stupid!
Sooo! Can I use Grammarly on the story I'm writing, and stay in Libre Office, or do I have to print my story elsewhere to use Grammarly with it?

 

[jsmiam]

Although uninstalling worked for you, and in this case, okay-fine, this (uninstalling) was a case of “I couldn’t fix your brakes so I made your horn louder”.

Here’s the more technically correct answer: change your file association.

https://www*****wire.com/how-to-change-file-associations-in-windows-2624477

(That was “lifewire”. It was an unusually well written article containing a quick summary, more detailed step by step instructions too, and less internet enshittification than has become the norm nowadays.)

 

[jsmiam]

Back to trying Libre Office, now wiith Windows 11. and I am stupid!
Sooo! Can I use Grammarly on the story I'm writing, and stay in Libre Office, or do I have to print my story elsewhere to use Grammarly with it?

This may be outdated advice: treat accordingly. (I stopped using grammarly years ago). But when I did, I simply copied and pasted the entire story from whatever I was using into the web-only version of grammarly, and decided which suggestions to listen to vs which not to. Then pasted the whole thing back when done.

That’s possibly outdated advice though. At the time I tried it last the only decisive advice it gave was “try the paid version”.

If you have an account though, maybe the web version is still functional, if you’re logged in.