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Re: Selective rennaming of extension

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On 2018-09-11, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> On 2018-09-11 14:17, Jolly Roger wrote:
>
>> Is selecting them all and choosing File > Rename not working for some
>> reason?
>
> Ahh ! Miracle ! yes, that works. Allows me to change text in the
> selected file names. (so I can change .doc to .docx).
>
> Thanks.
>
> Didn't realise that File->Rename gave that flexibility.
>
>> Ummm.... File > Get Info > Open With > Change All, anyone?
>
> Wouldn't change since the file extenstion already points to the right
> applications. It is the Apple applications that refuse to open .doc
> whose content is the modern version (akd the xml stuff).

It'd be pretty unrealistic to expect changing the filename extension
will change the file content. If the contents are XML, the correct
filename extension is "docx". Applications that can read traditional
Word documents with the "doc" extension can't be forced to read the
newer XML format "docx" files simply by changing the filename extension.
Applications must be written to support the newer XML format. And
several of Apple's applications do indeed support the newer XML format:
I just tried it and Pages does indeed open documents with the newer XML
format. Quicklook can display them on my Mac Pro running macOS 10.13.
Preview and TextEdit can open them too. iOS also has support for reading
the newer XML format So you should be able to easily set File > Get Info
> Open With to those apps and click Change All to set one of them as the
> default app for those documents.

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Selective rennaming of extension JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2018-09-11 13:37 -0400
  Re: Selective rennaming of extension nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-11 13:50 -0400
    Re: Selective rennaming of extension JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2018-09-11 13:56 -0400
      Re: Selective rennaming of extension nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-11 14:03 -0400
      Re: Selective rennaming of extension Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-09-12 09:02 +1200
        Re: Selective rennaming of extension Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-09-11 14:10 -0700
          Re: Selective rennaming of extension Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-09-11 22:21 +0000
            Re: Selective rennaming of extension Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-09-11 15:27 -0700
              Re: Selective rennaming of extension Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-09-12 13:51 +1200
                Re: Selective rennaming of extension Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-09-11 18:58 -0700
              Re: Selective rennaming of extension Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-09-13 15:15 +0000
                Re: Selective rennaming of extension Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-09-13 08:18 -0700
            Re: Selective rennaming of extension JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2018-09-12 13:42 -0400
              Re: Selective rennaming of extension Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-09-12 10:43 -0700
              Re: Selective rennaming of extension Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-09-13 15:16 +0000
        Re: Selective rennaming of extension Elden <usenet@moondog.org> - 2018-09-11 18:39 -0700
          Re: Selective rennaming of extension Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-09-11 18:44 -0700
            Re: Selective rennaming of extension Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-09-12 18:15 +1200
              Re: Selective rennaming of extension nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2018-09-12 14:14 -0600
          Re: Selective rennaming of extension Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-09-12 13:52 +1200
  Re: Selective rennaming of extension Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-09-11 18:17 +0000
    Re: Selective rennaming of extension JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2018-09-11 15:32 -0400
      Re: Selective rennaming of extension Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-09-11 12:36 -0700
      Re: Selective rennaming of extension Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-09-11 22:18 +0000
      Re: Selective rennaming of extension Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-09-12 08:23 +0000
        Re: Selective rennaming of extension Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-09-12 08:45 -0700
  Re: Selective rennaming of extension Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-09-12 08:50 +1200

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