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Word files accidently changed to .doc files
I have somehow changed my settings accidently. All of my Word files have
converted to .doc files. How can I change them back to normal Word files w/o the .doc on the end ? Respond to Thank you for any help. -- Alan |
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Alan!
Please do not post in more than one Group!! This has been answered in another Group. -- Regards, Pat Garard Melbourne, Australia _______________________ "AlanPharmaResearch" wrote in message ... I have somehow changed my settings accidently. All of my Word files have converted to .doc files. How can I change them back to normal Word files w/o the .doc on the end ? Respond to Thank you for any help. -- Alan |
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Pity I won't see a solution, if it's only answered in "another Group"
(surely a couple of "crossposted" groups is not the end of the World?) "Pat Garard" apgarardATbigpondDOTnetDOTau wrote in message ... Alan! Please do not post in more than one Group!! This has been answered in another Group. -- Regards, Pat Garard Melbourne, Australia _______________________ "AlanPharmaResearch" wrote in message ... I have somehow changed my settings accidently. All of my Word files have converted to .doc files. How can I change them back to normal Word files w/o the .doc on the end ? Respond to Thank you for any help. -- Alan |
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"Sunny" wrote in message ... Pity I won't see a solution, if it's only answered in "another Group" (surely a couple of "crossposted" groups is not the end of the World?) "Pat Garard" apgarardATbigpondDOTnetDOTau wrote in message ... Alan! Please do not post in more than one Group!! This has been answered in another Group. -- Regards, Pat Garard Melbourne, Australia _______________________ "AlanPharmaResearch" wrote in message ... I have somehow changed my settings accidently. All of my Word files have converted to .doc files. How can I change them back to normal Word files w/o the .doc on the end ? Respond to Thank you for any help. -- Alan When there are thousands of folks looking to help, there are thousands that must look at crosspostings. It's just not nice. |
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If the message had been cross-posted, there would have been no issue; you'd
have been able to see it in any NG. That's why we discourage multi-posting. And in this case the question was posted to three or four NGs (not to mention emailed to me, and I foolishly answered it--at some length--before coming to the NGs to find it asked repeatedly here, making me wish I'd just quoted my sig). In any case, the "problem" of Word documents becoming .doc files is a non-issue. -- 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. "Sunny" wrote in message ... Pity I won't see a solution, if it's only answered in "another Group" (surely a couple of "crossposted" groups is not the end of the World?) "Pat Garard" apgarardATbigpondDOTnetDOTau wrote in message ... Alan! Please do not post in more than one Group!! This has been answered in another Group. -- Regards, Pat Garard Melbourne, Australia _______________________ "AlanPharmaResearch" wrote in message ... I have somehow changed my settings accidently. All of my Word files have converted to .doc files. How can I change them back to normal Word files w/o the .doc on the end ? Respond to Thank you for any help. -- Alan |
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For those who wanted to know
This is how to do it in WinXP (might be different in other version); MyComputer-Tools-Folder Options-View tab-Advanced Settings area-click the box "Hide extensions for known file types" best wishes -- Bernard V Liengme www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme remove caps from email "AlanPharmaResearch" wrote in message ... I have somehow changed my settings accidently. All of my Word files have converted to .doc files. How can I change them back to normal Word files w/o the .doc on the end ? Respond to Thank you for any help. -- Alan |
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"Sunny" wrote in microsoft.public.word.newusers:
Pity I won't see a solution, if it's only answered in "another Group" (surely a couple of "crossposted" groups is not the end of the World?) Crossposting would be okay (asuming the other group is relevant). But what the OP die was not crossposting, it was multiposting, and that's very far from okay. http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/unice.htm#xpost (The answer, since you ask, is nothing to do with Word. It's a setting in Tolols - Folder Options in Windows Explorer.) -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ |
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Well, FWIW, here's the answer I (foolishly) sent to the OP in response to
his direct email (which posed both of the questions he's posted in these NGs; if I'd realized he'd spammed the NGs with questions, I would just have quoted my sig to him): But .doc files *are* Word files! You're probably just not used to seeing the file extension. This is a Windows setting: In Windows Explorer, go to Tools | Folder Options | View and check the box for "Hide file extensions for known file types." If it's already checked, then possibly Windows has lost track of the fact that Word "owns" .doc files. You can restore the file association by "reregistering" Word (reestablishing its "ownership" of the ..doc and .dot file types in the Windows Registry). To do this, select Run from the Start menu; then type winword /r and press Enter. Note that there is a space before the forward slash. We generally recommend, however, that you display file types. This protects you from malicious attachments masquerading as innocent file types and makes it easier to deal with files in Explorer windows. For your menu problems, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissngMenusEtc.htm -- 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. "Amedee Van Gasse" wrote in message ... Stan Brown shared this with us in microsoft.public.word.newusers: "Sunny" wrote in microsoft.public.word.newusers: Pity I won't see a solution, if it's only answered in "another Group" (surely a couple of "crossposted" groups is not the end of the World?) Crossposting would be okay (asuming the other group is relevant). But what the OP die was not crossposting, it was multiposting, and that's very far from okay. http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/unice.htm#xpost (The answer, since you ask, is nothing to do with Word. It's a setting in Tolols - Folder Options in Windows Explorer.) I know the answer, but I would like to know how it was formulated. -- Amedee Van Gasse using XanaNews 1.17.3.1 If it has an "X" in the name, it must be Linux? How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html How to Report Bugs Effectively http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html Only ask questions with yes/no answers if you want "yes" or "no" as the answer. http://homepages.tesco.net/~J.deBoyn...-with-yes-or-n o-answers.html |
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On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 15:15:02 -0700, AlanPharmaResearch
wrote: I have somehow changed my settings accidently. All of my Word files have converted to .doc files. How can I change them back to normal Word files w/o the .doc on the end ? Word files normally do have .doc on the end, tough a lot of Ascii text files also use .doc at the end, especially if it is software documentation. Do you mean that your Word files have been converted into Ascii text? -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk |
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