If you're sure you're choosing Open and not New, then I have no idea what
might be going wrong.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Tino" wrote in message
...
I'm just using the mouse to "right click" on a file, right click only
gives
"ope" or "open with". I'm not trying to open a file from within word. I
can
only files from within word OK but that's not what I want to do as I have
to
use word to "browse" to the file.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Are you sure you're choosing Open rather than New? The behavior you
describe
is what you would experience if you were choosing New.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Tino" wrote in message
...
I'm not sure if this is a WORD problem or an XP problem.

I have recently upgraded from NT to XP (service pack 2). I also have
WORD97.
When I open a file which doesn't have a .DOC extension with WORD by
using
"right click & OPEN" and then choosing WORD it opens the file OK but it
displays a file name of "DOCUMENT 1" and treats the file as if it were
a
new
file. When I go to save the file it is as if I am saving a new file
with
the
default directory of "MY DOCUMENTS". With NT I didn't have this
problem.
Non
.DOC files would be opened with their correct file name and could back
in
their original format in their original directory. Is there a fix for
this
problem?



regards

Peter