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Carla
 
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Default How do I convert a Wordpad file to a Word document

Right click your document and select "open with" then click "choose program".
Find Microsoft Word in your list and check the box that says "Always use the
selected program to open this kind of file" and click OK. Now every doc
should open automatically in Word.

If you ever want to open wordpad or notepad you can also right click and
chose open with and click the program if it's listed. If not click chose
program and select the program you want. Just don't check that check box.

As a side note sometimes I don't see the open with option when I right
click. If this happens to you, hold the shift key down while you right click.

HTH,
Carla

"tom scott" wrote:

When I create a document and save it as a word file, it shows up on my
desktop as a Wordpad file which I can't work with in the same way and with
the same tools as in Word.doc format. How can I save documents so that they
don't convert to Wordpad. Or, how can I convert wordpad documents to
Word.doc format?