You probably just need to "reregister" Word to reestablish the file
associations. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm
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"GW" wrote in message
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I need to be able to simply double-click a .dot file and have it open a
"new"
.doc file instead of opening the actual .dot file as it is doing right
now.
That's how it always worked before, but ever since I updated from Office
2002
to Office 2003, I've had this one complaint.
I'm sure it's a setting somewhere, but I don't know where it is. I know to
simply right-click on the template and select "New", or go throught File -
New - Template... but I can't expect my co-workers to know that. Besides,
isn't that the whole point of creating a template file?
I'm having the same issue in Excel 2003.