Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
dan1mal dan1mal is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 3
Default Microsoft Word 2010 Beta doesnt recognise old word files immediate

I have just installed MS Word 2010 beta. Unfortunately, existing word
documents created in MS Word 2002 are not immediately recognised by MS 2010.
If I first open 2010 and go to file loaction the docs will open fine. However
, if i double click on a pre-existing word doc it does not know what
programme to use to open it.

I have tried finding the winword file to open it but get this message...
".doc is not a valid Win32 application"

Is there anyway to solve this issue as it is really inconvenient to have to
open Word 2010 each time and manually find the location of the file to open
it.

Many thanks
Dan
  #2   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Doug Robbins - Word MVP Doug Robbins - Word MVP is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 8,832
Default Microsoft Word 2010 Beta doesnt recognise old word files immediate

In Windows Explorer, right click on a Word document (.doc) and from the
shortcut menu, Open with and then Choose Default Program.

--
Hope this helps,

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

Please reply only to the newsgroups unless you wish to obtain my services on
a paid professional basis.

"dan1mal" wrote in message
...
I have just installed MS Word 2010 beta. Unfortunately, existing word
documents created in MS Word 2002 are not immediately recognised by MS
2010.
If I first open 2010 and go to file loaction the docs will open fine.
However
, if i double click on a pre-existing word doc it does not know what
programme to use to open it.

I have tried finding the winword file to open it but get this message...
".doc is not a valid Win32 application"

Is there anyway to solve this issue as it is really inconvenient to have
to
open Word 2010 each time and manually find the location of the file to
open
it.

Many thanks
Dan


  #3   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
dan1mal dan1mal is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 3
Default Microsoft Word 2010 Beta doesnt recognise old word files immed


Hi Doug

Thank you for responding to my question. Unfortunately I can't seem to find
the correct program. If i hunt through the office folder and get to the
folder office14 I can see the programs for Excel, Winword, Powerpnt etc...
but when i try and open the doc with Winword I only get the option of opening
with Microsoft Office 2010 component. I have set the doc files to default
open with Winword but when i try and open them it says *.doc is not a valid
Win32 application.

I have no idea what to do. I have re-installed the beta a couple of times to
see if this helps but it makes no difference.

Thx again for taking the time to offer some advice

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

In Windows Explorer, right click on a Word document (.doc) and from the
shortcut menu, Open with and then Choose Default Program.

--
Hope this helps,

Doug Robbins - Word MVP


  #4   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Doug Robbins - Word MVP Doug Robbins - Word MVP is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 8,832
Default Microsoft Word 2010 Beta doesnt recognise old word files immed

Try the fix in the article "How to re-register Word when problems crop up
opening files€¯ at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErr...gisterWord.htm


--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"dan1mal" wrote in message
...

Hi Doug

Thank you for responding to my question. Unfortunately I can't seem to
find
the correct program. If i hunt through the office folder and get to the
folder office14 I can see the programs for Excel, Winword, Powerpnt etc...
but when i try and open the doc with Winword I only get the option of
opening
with Microsoft Office 2010 component. I have set the doc files to default
open with Winword but when i try and open them it says *.doc is not a
valid
Win32 application.

I have no idea what to do. I have re-installed the beta a couple of times
to
see if this helps but it makes no difference.

Thx again for taking the time to offer some advice

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

In Windows Explorer, right click on a Word document (.doc) and from the
shortcut menu, Open with and then Choose Default Program.

--
Hope this helps,

Doug Robbins - Word MVP


  #5   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
dan1mal dan1mal is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 3
Default Microsoft Word 2010 Beta doesnt recognise old word files immed

Doug, thank you for responding.

I've tried doing this but it makes no difference. I'm really struggling with
this. It's odd that I seem to be one of the few people who have this problem.

I'm not sure why but when i try and link it to winword, i only get the
option open with "Microsoft Office 2010 Component"... could this be where
things are going wrong?

Thanks

Dan


  #6   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Doug Robbins - Word MVP Doug Robbins - Word MVP is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 8,832
Default Microsoft Word 2010 Beta doesnt recognise old word files immed

I am not quite sure what you mean when you say "try and link to winword"
Are you clicking on the Browse button in the Open with dialog and navigating
to the Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office 14 folder and selecting
Winword.exe?

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"dan1mal" wrote in message
...
Doug, thank you for responding.

I've tried doing this but it makes no difference. I'm really struggling
with
this. It's odd that I seem to be one of the few people who have this
problem.

I'm not sure why but when i try and link it to winword, i only get the
option open with "Microsoft Office 2010 Component"... could this be where
things are going wrong?

Thanks

Dan


Reply
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
How does OneNote linked notes in 2010 beta work? KWBeta 2010 Microsoft Word Help 1 December 6th 09 07:06 PM
word 2010 beta problems Brock Sampson Microsoft Word Help 29 November 29th 09 05:56 PM
Dragon nat speaking v9 doesnt recognise word 2007 anything I can d Barry New Users 0 March 24th 07 05:21 AM
New Microsoft Word Beta Andy New Users 4 September 20th 06 11:01 PM
I am running Microsoft Word 2007 Beta Version 2 nickgetz Microsoft Word Help 3 July 21st 06 03:35 AM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 12:08 AM.

Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 Microsoft Office Word Forum - WordBanter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Microsoft Word"