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<revision pkgversion="3.6.0" version="0.2" date="2012-09-30" status="review"/>
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<desc>Open files using an application that isn't the default one for that
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type of file. You can change the default too.</desc>
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<revision pkgversion="3.13.92" date="2014-09-20" status="review"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Cristopher Thomas</name>
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<name>Shaun McCance</name>
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<email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
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<include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>
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<desc>Open files using an application that isn't the default one for that
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type of file. You can change the default too.</desc>
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<title>Open files with other applications</title>
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To look through all the applications on your computer, click <gui>Other
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Application…</gui>.</p>
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<p>If you still can't find the application you want, you can search for
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<p>If you still cannot find the application you want, you can search for
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more applications by clicking <gui>Find New Applications</gui>. The
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file manager will search online for packages containing applications
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that are known to handle files of that type.</p>
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player to open when you double-click an MP3 file.</p>
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<item><p>Select a file of the type whose default application you want to change.
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For example, to change which application is used to open MP3 files,
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<item><p>Select a file of the type whose default application you want to
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change. For example, to change which application is used to open MP3 files,
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select a <file>.mp3</file> file.</p></item>
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<item><p>Right-click the file and select <gui>Properties</gui>.</p></item>
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<item><p>Select the <gui>Open With</gui> tab.</p></item>
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<item><p>Select the application you want and click <gui>Set as default</gui>.
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By default, the file manager only shows applications it knows can handle the
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file. To look through all the applications on your computer, click <gui>Show
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<item><p>Select the application you want and click
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<gui>Set as default</gui>. By default, the file manager only shows
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applications it knows can handle the file. To look through all the
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applications on your computer, click <gui>Show
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other applications</gui>.</p>
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<p>If <gui>Other Applications</gui> contains an application you sometimes
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want to use, but don't want to make the default, select that application and
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click <gui>Add</gui>. This will add it to <gui>Recommended Applications</gui>.
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You will then be able to use this application by right-clicking the file and
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selecting it from the list.</p></item>
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want to use, but do not want to make the default, select that application
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and click <gui>Add</gui>. This will add it to <gui>Recommended
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Applications</gui>. You will then be able to use this application by
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right-clicking the file and selecting it from the list.</p></item>
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<p>This changes the default application not just for the selected file,
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