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Opening and saving doc in Word 2003 but saves in wordpad
Further to my previous question. I am using MS Ofice Professional 2003 with
Word 2003. I can open a new docyument in Word and save however, my Acer Aspire 5000 laptop then saves it in wordpad. When opened again, it is opened in wordpad. |
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How to re-register Word when problems crop up opening files
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org snowgoose wrote: Further to my previous question. I am using MS Ofice Professional 2003 with Word 2003. I can open a new docyument in Word and save however, my Acer Aspire 5000 laptop then saves it in wordpad. When opened again, it is opened in wordpad. |
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Unfortunately this does not work for my problem
"Graham Mayor" wrote: How to re-register Word when problems crop up opening files http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org snowgoose wrote: Further to my previous question. I am using MS Ofice Professional 2003 with Word 2003. I can open a new docyument in Word and save however, my Acer Aspire 5000 laptop then saves it in wordpad. When opened again, it is opened in wordpad. |
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Opening and saving doc in Word 2003 but saves in wordpad
Can you open the documents in Word if you start Word first? If so, then
they're Word documents. Do they have the .doc file extension? If so, then they're still Word documents. If the only reason you think they're WordPad files is that they have a WordPad file icon, then the file associations are the problem. -- 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. "snowgoose" wrote in message ... Unfortunately this does not work for my problem "Graham Mayor" wrote: How to re-register Word when problems crop up opening files http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org snowgoose wrote: Further to my previous question. I am using MS Ofice Professional 2003 with Word 2003. I can open a new docyument in Word and save however, my Acer Aspire 5000 laptop then saves it in wordpad. When opened again, it is opened in wordpad. |
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Opening and saving doc in Word 2003 but saves in wordpad
Hi Snowgoose:
If the files are in fact .doc files, right click the file, select "Open With" then "Choose Program..." Highlight Word, check the "Always use the select program to open this kind of file," and click "OK." If the files are .rtf files, you can also use the above method, but that doesn't fully solve your problem. In that case, you will have to change the default file format back to .doc. I don't remember where that option is in Word 2003, but I would check under File | Preferences or Tools | Options. Doug -- Douglas Ryan VanBenthuysen Office System Solutions Specialist 3Sharp http://blogs.3sharp.com/Blog/dougv/ "snowgoose" wrote: Further to my previous question. I am using MS Ofice Professional 2003 with Word 2003. I can open a new docyument in Word and save however, my Acer Aspire 5000 laptop then saves it in wordpad. When opened again, it is opened in wordpad. |
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Thanks very much. Problems solved.
"DougieVan" wrote: Hi Snowgoose: If the files are in fact .doc files, right click the file, select "Open With" then "Choose Program..." Highlight Word, check the "Always use the select program to open this kind of file," and click "OK." If the files are .rtf files, you can also use the above method, but that doesn't fully solve your problem. In that case, you will have to change the default file format back to .doc. I don't remember where that option is in Word 2003, but I would check under File | Preferences or Tools | Options. Doug -- Douglas Ryan VanBenthuysen Office System Solutions Specialist 3Sharp http://blogs.3sharp.com/Blog/dougv/ "snowgoose" wrote: Further to my previous question. I am using MS Ofice Professional 2003 with Word 2003. I can open a new docyument in Word and save however, my Acer Aspire 5000 laptop then saves it in wordpad. When opened again, it is opened in wordpad. |
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Opening and saving doc in Word 2003 but saves in wordpad
Thanks vety much. I can only open documents in word if I right click then
"open with" So it looks like file associations. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Can you open the documents in Word if you start Word first? If so, then they're Word documents. Do they have the .doc file extension? If so, then they're still Word documents. If the only reason you think they're WordPad files is that they have a WordPad file icon, then the file associations are the problem. -- 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. "snowgoose" wrote in message ... Unfortunately this does not work for my problem "Graham Mayor" wrote: How to re-register Word when problems crop up opening files http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org snowgoose wrote: Further to my previous question. I am using MS Ofice Professional 2003 with Word 2003. I can open a new docyument in Word and save however, my Acer Aspire 5000 laptop then saves it in wordpad. When opened again, it is opened in wordpad. |
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Reregistering Word per the instructions in the referenced article should
have repaired the file associations, so I don't know why it didn't work for you. -- 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. "snowgoose" wrote in message ... Thanks vety much. I can only open documents in word if I right click then "open with" So it looks like file associations. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Can you open the documents in Word if you start Word first? If so, then they're Word documents. Do they have the .doc file extension? If so, then they're still Word documents. If the only reason you think they're WordPad files is that they have a WordPad file icon, then the file associations are the problem. -- 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. "snowgoose" wrote in message ... Unfortunately this does not work for my problem "Graham Mayor" wrote: How to re-register Word when problems crop up opening files http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org snowgoose wrote: Further to my previous question. I am using MS Ofice Professional 2003 with Word 2003. I can open a new docyument in Word and save however, my Acer Aspire 5000 laptop then saves it in wordpad. When opened again, it is opened in wordpad. |
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