Got home last nyt battle ready to solve this one (without any tips tho) sso
had made no changes at all to the PC, clicked on a hotmail attachment holding
ctrl and viola another Tab opens, pop up box appears asking to open which i
click on and doc appears in word!!!
i am happy it did but i do not no how long it will and besdies this isnt the
programs normal functional behaviour. id prefer some coonsistency and
realibility, could you pls share your thoughts on what you think is happening
here? how can i just make it open in a simple 2 clicks of the mouse without
the ctrl button am really thinking its a Vista thing going on here
id appreciate ur help ta
Larry
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In search of Perfection
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
The peculiarities of Hotmail have nothing to do with Word. It is in any case
bad practice to open attachments directly at the best of times, save to the
hard drive and open from there.
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
Larry wrote:
Hi, hope you can help, clicking on attachments from Hotmail i get a
word pop up file dialog box with the "save" and "Cancel option" but
the "open" option isnt offered. when i right click on the attachment
link in an attempt to open that way nothin happens with the open
selection, i dont get the "open with" option either i have tried
holding ctrl and clicking on the attachment link, file association in
control panel (.doc) i have to save the attachment first before
being able to open the attachment, something i dont want to have to
be doing. is there a setting within word /internet options that needs
to be set? This occurs for excel, word and PDF attachments. if it
works for one i hope it should work for the others i use word 2003 on
Vista pc
thanks
Larry
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In search of Perfection