I do have extensions displayed and I'm not trying to open .dot files.


"TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message
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Well what you are opening must be a template (dot) and the default action
is
for Word to open a new document from a template: hence Document1 displays.
Why haven't your files got extensions? If you display the extensions, you
may then see what type of files they are. It sometimes prevents the
accidental opening of viruses too. From just the security aspect, it is
plain bonkers to hide file extensions.

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/


"Tino" wrote in message
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: From your reply maybe you still think I'm trying to open the file from
: within Word. I'm not trying to open a file with Word already open. In a
"my
: computer" window I select the file I want to open & then "right click"
on
it
: to get either "open" or "open with" and then I choose a program with
which
: to open the file. I did some further experimenting and found that if I
use
: Wordpad or Notepad to open the file the file will be opened with it's
: correct name and in the correct location. The problem seems confined to
: Word.
:
:
:
: "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
: ...
: 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.
:
: --
: Suzanne S. Barnhill
: Microsoft MVP (Word)
: Words into Type
: Fairhope, Alabama USA
: Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
: Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
: newsgroup
: so
: all may benefit.
:
: "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
:
:
:
:
:
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