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Change shortcut to open document in Word 2003, not 2007
I don't know how this happened. I have a document shortcut on my desktop
which, up until yesterday, opened the document in Word 2003. Now the shortcut opens the document in Word 2007 (which I cannot bear; it is much too confusing to use). At the top it shows the document name with "Compatability Mode" in brackets following. How can I get the shortcut to open in the old Word program? (I did try creating a new shortcut and deleting the old one and it works the first time, but as soon as I close the document and use the shortcut again, it defaults to the new stupid Word version.) Please help! Thanks. |
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Change shortcut to open document in Word 2003, not 2007
Right-click on the shortcut, choose "Open With," and pick (at random)
one of the two lines for WinWord that you see. Check whether the correct one opens. If you want all .doc files to use Word2003 and not Word2007, then close Word and go through the procedure again, remembering to choose the correct WinWord, and check the box that says something like "Always use this application to open files with this extension." On Oct 30, 12:21*pm, jms wrote: *I don't know how this happened. I have a document shortcut on my desktop which, up until yesterday, opened the document in Word 2003. *Now the shortcut opens the document in Word 2007 (which I cannot bear; it is much too confusing to use). *At the top it shows the document name with "Compatability Mode" in brackets following. *How can I get the shortcut to open in the old Word program? *(I did try creating a new shortcut and deleting the old one and it works the first time, but as soon as I close the document and use the shortcut again, it defaults to the new stupid Word version.) *Please help! * Thanks. |
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Change shortcut to open document in Word 2003, not 2007
Thank you for this, Peter. I tried this and it has always worked in the
past, but not this time. I tried again as per your directions, just in case. I also right clicked on the shortcut, chose Properties, and see that now the Open With default is Word 7. The "Always use this application to open files with this extension" is checked but greyed out so I can't change it. I go to Browse, choose the correct winword.exe file, but it will not change the default from 7 back to 2003. This is *very* frustrating! If you have more ideas, anyone, I'd appreciate hearing them. "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: Right-click on the shortcut, choose "Open With," and pick (at random) one of the two lines for WinWord that you see. Check whether the correct one opens. If you want all .doc files to use Word2003 and not Word2007, then close Word and go through the procedure again, remembering to choose the correct WinWord, and check the box that says something like "Always use this application to open files with this extension." On Oct 30, 12:21 pm, jms wrote: I don't know how this happened. I have a document shortcut on my desktop which, up until yesterday, opened the document in Word 2003. Now the shortcut opens the document in Word 2007 (which I cannot bear; it is much too confusing to use). At the top it shows the document name with "Compatability Mode" in brackets following. How can I get the shortcut to open in the old Word program? (I did try creating a new shortcut and deleting the old one and it works the first time, but as soon as I close the document and use the shortcut again, it defaults to the new stupid Word version.) Please help! Thanks. . |
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Change shortcut to open document in Word 2003, not 2007
Is it possible that you can't do this in a Shortcut, but you have to
do it with an actual file? Open (My) Documents and right-click on the name of any .doc file, and see if it will work. Are you sure Word2003 is still installed on your computer? On Oct 30, 8:55*pm, jms wrote: Thank you for this, Peter. *I tried this and it has always worked in the past, but not this time. *I tried again *as per your directions, just in case. *I also right clicked on the shortcut, chose Properties, and see that now the Open With default is Word 7. *The "Always use this application to open files with this extension" is checked but greyed out so I can't change it. *I go to Browse, choose the correct winword.exe file, but it will not change the default from 7 back to 2003. *This is *very* frustrating! *If you have more ideas, anyone, I'd appreciate hearing them. "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: Right-click on the shortcut, choose "Open With," and pick (at random) one of the two lines for WinWord that you see. Check whether the correct one opens. If you want all .doc files to use Word2003 and not Word2007, then close Word and go through the procedure again, remembering to choose the correct WinWord, and check the box that says something like "Always use this application to open files with this extension." On Oct 30, 12:21 pm, jms wrote: *I don't know how this happened. I have a document shortcut on my desktop which, up until yesterday, opened the document in Word 2003. *Now the shortcut opens the document in Word 2007 (which I cannot bear; it is much too confusing to use). *At the top it shows the document name with "Compatability Mode" in brackets following. *How can I get the shortcut to open in the old Word program? *(I did try creating a new shortcut and deleting the old one and it works the first time, but as soon as I close the document and use the shortcut again, it defaults to the new stupid Word version.) *Please help! * Thanks. |
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Change shortcut to open document in Word 2003, not 2007
Word 2003 and 2007 share some registry entries - in this case the file
association for Word documents. See http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm which explains how to run 2003 and 2007 together on the same platform whilst preventing them from reclaiming registry entries for their own use. If you have difficulty forcing Windows to use the preferred application for DOC format see http://www.gmayor.com/Document_Not_Found.htm The page primarily concerns docx format and Word 12 (Word 2007). but the same principles apply with Word 11 (Word 2003) and the registry keys for doc format. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org jms wrote: Thank you for this, Peter. I tried this and it has always worked in the past, but not this time. I tried again as per your directions, just in case. I also right clicked on the shortcut, chose Properties, and see that now the Open With default is Word 7. The "Always use this application to open files with this extension" is checked but greyed out so I can't change it. I go to Browse, choose the correct winword.exe file, but it will not change the default from 7 back to 2003. This is *very* frustrating! If you have more ideas, anyone, I'd appreciate hearing them. "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: Right-click on the shortcut, choose "Open With," and pick (at random) one of the two lines for WinWord that you see. Check whether the correct one opens. If you want all .doc files to use Word2003 and not Word2007, then close Word and go through the procedure again, remembering to choose the correct WinWord, and check the box that says something like "Always use this application to open files with this extension." On Oct 30, 12:21 pm, jms wrote: I don't know how this happened. I have a document shortcut on my desktop which, up until yesterday, opened the document in Word 2003. Now the shortcut opens the document in Word 2007 (which I cannot bear; it is much too confusing to use). At the top it shows the document name with "Compatability Mode" in brackets following. How can I get the shortcut to open in the old Word program? (I did try creating a new shortcut and deleting the old one and it works the first time, but as soon as I close the document and use the shortcut again, it defaults to the new stupid Word version.) Please help! Thanks. . |
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