when i scan a document then try to open it in microsoft word it says THIS
FILE DOES NOT HAVE A PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PERFORMING THIS ACTION.
CREATE AN ASSOCIATION IN THE FOLDER OPTIONS CONTROL PANEL.
CAN YOU HELP WITH THIS ITEM .

If you save the scanned document with a .DOC extension you won't get this
problem. Alternatively if you want to save with another extension and have
this open automatically through Word you need to go to Control Panel Folder
Options and either add and entry for the extension or Change if already
listed and make sure set to Open With Microsoft Office Word/Word whatever
Word listed as.

"GEOFF" wrote:

when i scan a document then try to open it in microsoft word it says THIS
FILE DOES NOT HAVE A PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PERFORMING THIS ACTION.
CREATE AN ASSOCIATION IN THE FOLDER OPTIONS CONTROL PANEL.
CAN YOU HELP WITH THIS ITEM .

Word does not open graphics files - even if you rename them with a *.doc
extension.
You may be able to import a graphics image in to a Word document if the
filter for the file type is available.
You need to open the document in a suitable graphics application or viewer,
or convert the file with OCR software to a Word document.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




CarolineJ wrote:
If you save the scanned document with a .DOC extension you won't get
this problem. Alternatively if you want to save with another
extension and have this open automatically through Word you need to
go to Control Panel Folder Options and either add and entry for the
extension or Change if already listed and make sure set to Open With
Microsoft Office Word/Word whatever Word listed as.

"GEOFF" wrote:

when i scan a document then try to open it in microsoft word it says
THIS FILE DOES NOT HAVE A PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PERFORMING
THIS ACTION. CREATE AN ASSOCIATION IN THE FOLDER OPTIONS CONTROL
PANEL.
CAN YOU HELP WITH THIS ITEM .

Sorry thought you were scanning to text file not graphic - did not read
properly

"CarolineJ" wrote:

If you save the scanned document with a .DOC extension you won't get this
problem. Alternatively if you want to save with another extension and have
this open automatically through Word you need to go to Control Panel Folder
Options and either add and entry for the extension or Change if already
listed and make sure set to Open With Microsoft Office Word/Word whatever
Word listed as.

"GEOFF" wrote:

when i scan a document then try to open it in microsoft word it says THIS
FILE DOES NOT HAVE A PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PERFORMING THIS ACTION.
CREATE AN ASSOCIATION IN THE FOLDER OPTIONS CONTROL PANEL.
CAN YOU HELP WITH THIS ITEM .