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How eliminate Word Pad as Word's default save
I loaded new version of Office 2003. Word now saves to Word Pad inspite of
my going to "help" and attempting to set the default (which already had Word indicated). It says it is saving to word, but only saves to Word Pad. |
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How eliminate Word Pad as Word's default save
How do you tell that it is saving to Word Pad? By what opens when you
double-click the file or the appearance of the icon? If so, you need to reregister Word. Try using the Run feature of the Start menu and run: winword.exe /r Note the space between the program and the /. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "techbydefault" wrote in message ... I loaded new version of Office 2003. Word now saves to Word Pad inspite of my going to "help" and attempting to set the default (which already had Word indicated). It says it is saving to word, but only saves to Word Pad. |
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How eliminate Word Pad as Word's default save
Thanks, this was perfect.
"Charles Kenyon" wrote: How do you tell that it is saving to Word Pad? By what opens when you double-click the file or the appearance of the icon? If so, you need to reregister Word. Try using the Run feature of the Start menu and run: winword.exe /r Note the space between the program and the /. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "techbydefault" wrote in message ... I loaded new version of Office 2003. Word now saves to Word Pad inspite of my going to "help" and attempting to set the default (which already had Word indicated). It says it is saving to word, but only saves to Word Pad. |
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How eliminate Word Pad as Word's default save
Can I do the same with other Office features?...like Excel?
"Charles Kenyon" wrote: How do you tell that it is saving to Word Pad? By what opens when you double-click the file or the appearance of the icon? If so, you need to reregister Word. Try using the Run feature of the Start menu and run: winword.exe /r Note the space between the program and the /. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "techbydefault" wrote in message ... I loaded new version of Office 2003. Word now saves to Word Pad inspite of my going to "help" and attempting to set the default (which already had Word indicated). It says it is saving to word, but only saves to Word Pad. |
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How eliminate Word Pad as Word's default save
For Excel I believe you have to use Excel.exe /regserver
-- 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. "ChurchStreetMusic" wrote in message ... Can I do the same with other Office features?...like Excel? "Charles Kenyon" wrote: How do you tell that it is saving to Word Pad? By what opens when you double-click the file or the appearance of the icon? If so, you need to reregister Word. Try using the Run feature of the Start menu and run: winword.exe /r Note the space between the program and the /. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "techbydefault" wrote in message ... I loaded new version of Office 2003. Word now saves to Word Pad inspite of my going to "help" and attempting to set the default (which already had Word indicated). It says it is saving to word, but only saves to Word Pad. |
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How eliminate Word Pad as Word's default save
Yep...that did it...thanks so much...
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: For Excel I believe you have to use Excel.exe /regserver -- 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. "ChurchStreetMusic" wrote in message ... Can I do the same with other Office features?...like Excel? "Charles Kenyon" wrote: How do you tell that it is saving to Word Pad? By what opens when you double-click the file or the appearance of the icon? If so, you need to reregister Word. Try using the Run feature of the Start menu and run: winword.exe /r Note the space between the program and the /. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "techbydefault" wrote in message ... I loaded new version of Office 2003. Word now saves to Word Pad inspite of my going to "help" and attempting to set the default (which already had Word indicated). It says it is saving to word, but only saves to Word Pad. |
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