Hi Jay,
I am having the same problem that Jayne wrote about however, I can not
figure out have to fix my problem. When I go to Windows Explorer/My
Computer, I do not see a "Tools" Option. Where do I find it? I use the
Vista OS. Would I need to do something different because of Vista?
Thanks,
"Jay Freedman" wrote:
On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 16:29:01 -0800, Jayne
wrote:
One of our employees pointed out that when she goes to the "Save as Type"
dropdown menu in Word to save a document, she does not see any file
extensions after the type. For instance, she will see "Word Document"
whereas on my computer, I see "Word Document (*.doc)" Why is she not seeing
any of the file extensions? Is there a setting somewhere that controls this?
The setting is in Windows Explorer (a.k.a. My Computer), and Word just
follows along.
In Windows Explorer, go to Tools Folder Options View. If the box
for "Hide extensions for known file types" is checked, you won't see
extensions in either Windows Explorer or any Office programs. If it's
unchecked, then you'll see them.
It's highly recommended that you display extensions at all times, for
two reasons. The more important one is that a favorite way of
infecting your computer with a virus is to mail you a file with a name
like "mydoc.doc.exe", in the hope that all you'll see is "mydoc.doc"
and you'll double-click to open it. The less important one is that you
can accidentally wind up with a real document named something like
"mydoc.txt.doc" if you can't see what's happening.
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
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