I think I see now what your problem is. You are looking for Word on the Open
With context menu. You should instead be choosing Choose Program, which
opens a list of all the apps on your computer. You can then select Word and
check the box for "Always use this program to open these files."

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message
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Suzanne,
If the file has .doc you see a 'Microsoft Word for Windows' in the list
If the file has no or someother extension there is nothing about Word in
the
list. In older Windows versions Word was listed as Winword.
Other Officeparts (Excel, Frontpage) are there.
Flip


Suzanne S. Barnhill schreef in berichtnieuws
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Are you looking for "Word" or "Microsoft Word"?

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message
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Hi NG,
With O2000 on XP-Home SP2 I tried openening a file with an unusual
extension.
Knowing the file, using Windows Explorer to get there I then press
Shift+RightClick to open the 'Open with...' dialogue. Ok, this method
is
not
necessary anymore, I 've done that too many times :-)

The problem: Word is not in the list!
I renamed the file several times with different or no extension
without
result.
Word only shows up (recommended) in the list if a file already has the
.doc
(or .dot) extension.

From within Word there is no problem opening 'strange' files.
Reason: This is an old tric to quickly associate a filetype to a
programme,
Word in this case.

Flip