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My new computer has Windows Vista Home Premium, and my old computer had
Windows Office XP . I copied some Word files and folders from XP Office to a CD. When I installed the files and folders in my new computer, they showed up as Wordpad documents in Microsoft Vista Works Word Processor. I then installed Windows Office Word 07. I want to convert the copied files from Microsoft Works Word (WordPad file association) to Microsoft Office (Word doc. file association), so that I might use the old Windows XP files and folders in Vista Office Word 07. How might I accomplish this? Mal |
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You've got several things mixed up. Vista and Windows are operating systems
that do not have a word processor. Office and Works Suite are collections of programs that do contain word processors. Okay, that's enough school for the day. ;-) If you had Works and now have Word 2007, try copying your files over to your hard drive (do not open them on the disk!) and then open them in Word. Save them and you're good to go. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message news  My new computer has Windows Vista Home Premium, and my old computer had Windows Office XP . I copied some Word files and folders from XP Office to a CD. When I installed the files and folders in my new computer, they showed up as Wordpad documents in Microsoft Vista Works Word Processor. I then installed Windows Office Word 07. I want to convert the copied files from Microsoft Works Word (WordPad file association) to Microsoft Office (Word doc. file association), so that I might use the old Windows XP files and folders in Vista Office Word 07. How might I accomplish this? Mal |
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Thank you for your reply, JoAnne.
In Word XP Office on my old computer, my files and folders were in document form and not in WordPad form. I didnt have Works Suite on this old computer. My new computer does have Works Suite, however, and this is where my documents from the old computer have ended up. What I want to do is transfer the Works Word WordPad documents to Office 07 in a regular document format rather than in a WordPad format. Your suggestion baffles me, though not because it is wrong. Im baffled because you gave me the general directions without the specific step-by-step procedures to accomplish it. Im a novice, you see. Might you do this for me, please. Thanks. Mal "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: You've got several things mixed up. Vista and Windows are operating systems that do not have a word processor. Office and Works Suite are collections of programs that do contain word processors. Okay, that's enough school for the day. ;-) If you had Works and now have Word 2007, try copying your files over to your hard drive (do not open them on the disk!) and then open them in Word. Save them and you're good to go. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message news My new computer has Windows Vista Home Premium, and my old computer had Windows Office XP . I copied some Word files and folders from XP Office to a CD. When I installed the files and folders in my new computer, they showed up as Wordpad documents in Microsoft Vista Works Word Processor. I then installed Windows Office Word 07. I want to convert the copied files from Microsoft Works Word (WordPad file association) to Microsoft Office (Word doc. file association), so that I might use the old Windows XP files and folders in Vista Office Word 07. How might I accomplish this? Mal |
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Does this new computer have Vista or Windows? (Your original post is a bit
confusing.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... Thank you for your reply, JoAnne. In Word XP Office on my old computer, my files and folders were in document form and not in WordPad form. I didn't have Works Suite on this old computer. My new computer does have Works Suite, however, and this is where my documents from the old computer have ended up. What I want to do is transfer the Works Word WordPad documents to Office 07 in a regular document format rather than in a WordPad format. Your suggestion baffles me, though not because it is wrong. I'm baffled because you gave me the general directions without the specific step-by-step procedures to accomplish it. I'm a novice, you see. Might you do this for me, please. Thanks. Mal "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: You've got several things mixed up. Vista and Windows are operating systems that do not have a word processor. Office and Works Suite are collections of programs that do contain word processors. Okay, that's enough school for the day. ;-) If you had Works and now have Word 2007, try copying your files over to your hard drive (do not open them on the disk!) and then open them in Word. Save them and you're good to go. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message news My new computer has Windows Vista Home Premium, and my old computer had Windows Office XP . I copied some Word files and folders from XP Office to a CD. When I installed the files and folders in my new computer, they showed up as Wordpad documents in Microsoft Vista Works Word Processor. I then installed Windows Office Word 07. I want to convert the copied files from Microsoft Works Word (WordPad file association) to Microsoft Office (Word doc. file association), so that I might use the old Windows XP files and folders in Vista Office Word 07. How might I accomplish this? Mal |
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The new computer has Vista, and the old one Windows.
"JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: Does this new computer have Vista or Windows? (Your original post is a bit confusing.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... Thank you for your reply, JoAnne. In Word XP Office on my old computer, my files and folders were in document form and not in WordPad form. I didn't have Works Suite on this old computer. My new computer does have Works Suite, however, and this is where my documents from the old computer have ended up. What I want to do is transfer the Works Word WordPad documents to Office 07 in a regular document format rather than in a WordPad format. Your suggestion baffles me, though not because it is wrong. I'm baffled because you gave me the general directions without the specific step-by-step procedures to accomplish it. I'm a novice, you see. Might you do this for me, please. Thanks. Mal "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: You've got several things mixed up. Vista and Windows are operating systems that do not have a word processor. Office and Works Suite are collections of programs that do contain word processors. Okay, that's enough school for the day. ;-) If you had Works and now have Word 2007, try copying your files over to your hard drive (do not open them on the disk!) and then open them in Word. Save them and you're good to go. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message news
My new computer has Windows Vista Home Premium, and my old computer hadWindows Office XP . I copied some Word files and folders from XP Office to a CD. When I installed the files and folders in my new computer, they showed up as Wordpad documents in Microsoft Vista Works Word Processor. I then installed Windows Office Word 07. I want to convert the copied files from Microsoft Works Word (WordPad file association) to Microsoft Office (Word doc. file association), so that I might use the old Windows XP files and folders in Vista Office Word 07. How might I accomplish this? Mal |
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I know how to change file associations in Win XP, let me see if I can find
out how to do it in Vista.......... "Right-click the icon of the file that needs a new parent program. From the shortcut menu, choose Open With. If you choose "Choose default program" from the submenu, or if there's no submenu at all, the new Open With dialog box appears. It's supposed to list every program on your machine that's capable of opening the document." (In your case select Word) "And now, a critical question: Are you trying to make this document only open in a different program? Or all documents of this type? If it's just this one, click OK and stop reading. If it's all files of this type, then also turn on "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" and click OK." (I basically copied that from "Windows Vista - The Missing Manual" by Pogue Press.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... The new computer has Vista, and the old one Windows. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: Does this new computer have Vista or Windows? (Your original post is a bit confusing.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... Thank you for your reply, JoAnne. In Word XP Office on my old computer, my files and folders were in document form and not in WordPad form. I didn't have Works Suite on this old computer. My new computer does have Works Suite, however, and this is where my documents from the old computer have ended up. What I want to do is transfer the Works Word WordPad documents to Office 07 in a regular document format rather than in a WordPad format. Your suggestion baffles me, though not because it is wrong. I'm baffled because you gave me the general directions without the specific step-by-step procedures to accomplish it. I'm a novice, you see. Might you do this for me, please. Thanks. Mal "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: You've got several things mixed up. Vista and Windows are operating systems that do not have a word processor. Office and Works Suite are collections of programs that do contain word processors. Okay, that's enough school for the day. ;-) If you had Works and now have Word 2007, try copying your files over to your hard drive (do not open them on the disk!) and then open them in Word. Save them and you're good to go. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message news
My new computer has Windows Vista Home Premium, and my old computer had Windows Office XP . I copied some Word files and folders from XP Office to a CD. When I installed the files and folders in my new computer, they showed up as Wordpad documents in Microsoft Vista Works Word Processor. I then installed Windows Office Word 07. I want to convert the copied files from Microsoft Works Word (WordPad file association) to Microsoft Office (Word doc. file association), so that I might use the old Windows XP files and folders in Vista Office Word 07. How might I accomplish this? Mal |
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Word document & Works WordPad
If the old files were created by Word as Word documents they are still Word
documents whatever the registry may identify them as and Word will open them from file open. The versions of Word in Office and Works Suite are operationally the same and produce the same type of file format. Normally repairing Word should fix its registry entries to correct file associations, but if for some reason it has not done so, you need to associate DOC files with Word rather than WordPad. JoAnn has explained how to do this. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Mal wrote: The new computer has Vista, and the old one Windows. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: Does this new computer have Vista or Windows? (Your original post is a bit confusing.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... Thank you for your reply, JoAnne. In Word XP Office on my old computer, my files and folders were in document form and not in WordPad form. I didn't have Works Suite on this old computer. My new computer does have Works Suite, however, and this is where my documents from the old computer have ended up. What I want to do is transfer the Works Word WordPad documents to Office 07 in a regular document format rather than in a WordPad format. Your suggestion baffles me, though not because it is wrong. I'm baffled because you gave me the general directions without the specific step-by-step procedures to accomplish it. I'm a novice, you see. Might you do this for me, please. Thanks. Mal "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: You've got several things mixed up. Vista and Windows are operating systems that do not have a word processor. Office and Works Suite are collections of programs that do contain word processors. Okay, that's enough school for the day. ;-) If you had Works and now have Word 2007, try copying your files over to your hard drive (do not open them on the disk!) and then open them in Word. Save them and you're good to go. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message news
My new computer has Windows Vista Home Premium, and my oldcomputer had Windows Office XP . I copied some Word files and folders from XP Office to a CD. When I installed the files and folders in my new computer, they showed up as Wordpad documents in Microsoft Vista Works Word Processor. I then installed Windows Office Word 07. I want to convert the copied files from Microsoft Works Word (WordPad file association) to Microsoft Office (Word doc. file association), so that I might use the old Windows XP files and folders in Vista Office Word 07. How might I accomplish this? Mal |
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"Right-click the icon of the file that needs a new parent program. From the
shortcut menu, choose Open With.€ I did this, but couldnt see an €œOpen With€. There was only an €œOpen€ command, and this brought up a new blank WordPad document. (The icon I right-clicked on was the WordPad icon.) Mal "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: I know how to change file associations in Win XP, let me see if I can find out how to do it in Vista.......... "Right-click the icon of the file that needs a new parent program. From the shortcut menu, choose Open With. If you choose "Choose default program" from the submenu, or if there's no submenu at all, the new Open With dialog box appears. It's supposed to list every program on your machine that's capable of opening the document." (In your case select Word) "And now, a critical question: Are you trying to make this document only open in a different program? Or all documents of this type? If it's just this one, click OK and stop reading. If it's all files of this type, then also turn on "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" and click OK." (I basically copied that from "Windows Vista - The Missing Manual" by Pogue Press.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... The new computer has Vista, and the old one Windows. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: Does this new computer have Vista or Windows? (Your original post is a bit confusing.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... Thank you for your reply, JoAnne. In Word XP Office on my old computer, my files and folders were in document form and not in WordPad form. I didn't have Works Suite on this old computer. My new computer does have Works Suite, however, and this is where my documents from the old computer have ended up. What I want to do is transfer the Works Word WordPad documents to Office 07 in a regular document format rather than in a WordPad format. Your suggestion baffles me, though not because it is wrong. I'm baffled because you gave me the general directions without the specific step-by-step procedures to accomplish it. I'm a novice, you see. Might you do this for me, please. Thanks. Mal "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: You've got several things mixed up. Vista and Windows are operating systems that do not have a word processor. Office and Works Suite are collections of programs that do contain word processors. Okay, that's enough school for the day. ;-) If you had Works and now have Word 2007, try copying your files over to your hard drive (do not open them on the disk!) and then open them in Word. Save them and you're good to go. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message news
My new computer has Windows Vista Home Premium, and my old computer had Windows Office XP . I copied some Word files and folders from XP Office to a CD. When I installed the files and folders in my new computer, they showed up as Wordpad documents in Microsoft Vista Works Word Processor. I then installed Windows Office Word 07. I want to convert the copied files from Microsoft Works Word (WordPad file association) to Microsoft Office (Word doc. file association), so that I might use the old Windows XP files and folders in Vista Office Word 07. How might I accomplish this? Mal |
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Don't right-click on the program icon. Go into Windows Explorer and find one
of your .doc files. Right-click on that. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... "Right-click the icon of the file that needs a new parent program. From the shortcut menu, choose Open With." I did this, but couldn't see an "Open With". There was only an "Open" command, and this brought up a new blank WordPad document. (The icon I right-clicked on was the WordPad icon.) Mal "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: I know how to change file associations in Win XP, let me see if I can find out how to do it in Vista.......... "Right-click the icon of the file that needs a new parent program. From the shortcut menu, choose Open With. If you choose "Choose default program" from the submenu, or if there's no submenu at all, the new Open With dialog box appears. It's supposed to list every program on your machine that's capable of opening the document." (In your case select Word) "And now, a critical question: Are you trying to make this document only open in a different program? Or all documents of this type? If it's just this one, click OK and stop reading. If it's all files of this type, then also turn on "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" and click OK." (I basically copied that from "Windows Vista - The Missing Manual" by Pogue Press.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... The new computer has Vista, and the old one Windows. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: Does this new computer have Vista or Windows? (Your original post is a bit confusing.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... Thank you for your reply, JoAnne. In Word XP Office on my old computer, my files and folders were in document form and not in WordPad form. I didn't have Works Suite on this old computer. My new computer does have Works Suite, however, and this is where my documents from the old computer have ended up. What I want to do is transfer the Works Word WordPad documents to Office 07 in a regular document format rather than in a WordPad format. Your suggestion baffles me, though not because it is wrong. I'm baffled because you gave me the general directions without the specific step-by-step procedures to accomplish it. I'm a novice, you see. Might you do this for me, please. Thanks. Mal "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: You've got several things mixed up. Vista and Windows are operating systems that do not have a word processor. Office and Works Suite are collections of programs that do contain word processors. Okay, that's enough school for the day. ;-) If you had Works and now have Word 2007, try copying your files over to your hard drive (do not open them on the disk!) and then open them in Word. Save them and you're good to go. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message news
My new computer has Windows Vista Home Premium, and my old computer had Windows Office XP . I copied some Word files and folders from XP Office to a CD. When I installed the files and folders in my new computer, they showed up as Wordpad documents in Microsoft Vista Works Word Processor. I then installed Windows Office Word 07. I want to convert the copied files from Microsoft Works Word (WordPad file association) to Microsoft Office (Word doc. file association), so that I might use the old Windows XP files and folders in Vista Office Word 07. How might I accomplish this? Mal |
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"Right-click the icon of the file that needs a new parent program. From the
shortcut menu, choose Open With.€ I did this, but couldnt see an €œOpen With€. There was only an €œOpen€ command, and this merely opened a new blank WordPad document. The icon I right-clicked on was the WordPad icon. Mal "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: I know how to change file associations in Win XP, let me see if I can find out how to do it in Vista.......... "Right-click the icon of the file that needs a new parent program. From the shortcut menu, choose Open With. If you choose "Choose default program" from the submenu, or if there's no submenu at all, the new Open With dialog box appears. It's supposed to list every program on your machine that's capable of opening the document." (In your case select Word) "And now, a critical question: Are you trying to make this document only open in a different program? Or all documents of this type? If it's just this one, click OK and stop reading. If it's all files of this type, then also turn on "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" and click OK." (I basically copied that from "Windows Vista - The Missing Manual" by Pogue Press.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... The new computer has Vista, and the old one Windows. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: Does this new computer have Vista or Windows? (Your original post is a bit confusing.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... Thank you for your reply, JoAnne. In Word XP Office on my old computer, my files and folders were in document form and not in WordPad form. I didn't have Works Suite on this old computer. My new computer does have Works Suite, however, and this is where my documents from the old computer have ended up. What I want to do is transfer the Works Word WordPad documents to Office 07 in a regular document format rather than in a WordPad format. Your suggestion baffles me, though not because it is wrong. I'm baffled because you gave me the general directions without the specific step-by-step procedures to accomplish it. I'm a novice, you see. Might you do this for me, please. Thanks. Mal "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: You've got several things mixed up. Vista and Windows are operating systems that do not have a word processor. Office and Works Suite are collections of programs that do contain word processors. Okay, that's enough school for the day. ;-) If you had Works and now have Word 2007, try copying your files over to your hard drive (do not open them on the disk!) and then open them in Word. Save them and you're good to go. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message news
My new computer has Windows Vista Home Premium, and my old computer had Windows Office XP . I copied some Word files and folders from XP Office to a CD. When I installed the files and folders in my new computer, they showed up as Wordpad documents in Microsoft Vista Works Word Processor. I then installed Windows Office Word 07. I want to convert the copied files from Microsoft Works Word (WordPad file association) to Microsoft Office (Word doc. file association), so that I might use the old Windows XP files and folders in Vista Office Word 07. How might I accomplish this? Mal |
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On highlighting a doc. file and right-clicking it, I found the €œdefault program€. I clicked it and the box €œOpen With€ appeared. In the box was €Recommended Programs€. In the top left-hand corner of the €œRecommended Programs€ is a small blue-shaded box with a Microsoft Logo. Under the Logo in this box was €œMedia Center€. Adjacent to the blue box is a Microsoft Office Word icon, and below the blue box is a WordPad icon. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: Don't right-click on the program icon. Go into Windows Explorer and find one of your .doc files. Right-click on that. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... "Right-click the icon of the file that needs a new parent program. From the shortcut menu, choose Open With." I did this, but couldn't see an "Open With". There was only an "Open" command, and this brought up a new blank WordPad document. (The icon I right-clicked on was the WordPad icon.) Mal "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: I know how to change file associations in Win XP, let me see if I can find out how to do it in Vista.......... "Right-click the icon of the file that needs a new parent program. From the shortcut menu, choose Open With. If you choose "Choose default program" from the submenu, or if there's no submenu at all, the new Open With dialog box appears. It's supposed to list every program on your machine that's capable of opening the document." (In your case select Word) "And now, a critical question: Are you trying to make this document only open in a different program? Or all documents of this type? If it's just this one, click OK and stop reading. If it's all files of this type, then also turn on "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" and click OK." (I basically copied that from "Windows Vista - The Missing Manual" by Pogue Press.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... The new computer has Vista, and the old one Windows. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: Does this new computer have Vista or Windows? (Your original post is a bit confusing.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... Thank you for your reply, JoAnne. In Word XP Office on my old computer, my files and folders were in document form and not in WordPad form. I didn't have Works Suite on this old computer. My new computer does have Works Suite, however, and this is where my documents from the old computer have ended up. What I want to do is transfer the Works Word WordPad documents to Office 07 in a regular document format rather than in a WordPad format. Your suggestion baffles me, though not because it is wrong. I'm baffled because you gave me the general directions without the specific step-by-step procedures to accomplish it. I'm a novice, you see. Might you do this for me, please. Thanks. Mal "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: You've got several things mixed up. Vista and Windows are operating systems that do not have a word processor. Office and Works Suite are collections of programs that do contain word processors. Okay, that's enough school for the day. ;-) If you had Works and now have Word 2007, try copying your files over to your hard drive (do not open them on the disk!) and then open them in Word. Save them and you're good to go. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message news
My new computer has Windows Vista Home Premium, and my old computer had Windows Office XP . I copied some Word files and folders from XP Office to a CD. When I installed the files and folders in my new computer, they showed up as Wordpad documents in Microsoft Vista Works Word Processor. I then installed Windows Office Word 07. I want to convert the copied files from Microsoft Works Word (WordPad file association) to Microsoft Office (Word doc. file association), so that I might use the old Windows XP files and folders in Vista Office Word 07. How might I accomplish this? Mal |
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Choose the one for Word and make sure you click the "Always use....."
function. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... On highlighting a doc. file and right-clicking it, I found the "default program". I clicked it and the box "Open With" appeared. In the box was "Recommended Programs". In the top left-hand corner of the "Recommended Programs" is a small blue-shaded box with a Microsoft Logo. Under the Logo in this box was "Media Center". Adjacent to the blue box is a Microsoft Office Word icon, and below the blue box is a WordPad icon. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: Don't right-click on the program icon. Go into Windows Explorer and find one of your .doc files. Right-click on that. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... "Right-click the icon of the file that needs a new parent program. From the shortcut menu, choose Open With." I did this, but couldn't see an "Open With". There was only an "Open" command, and this brought up a new blank WordPad document. (The icon I right-clicked on was the WordPad icon.) Mal "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: I know how to change file associations in Win XP, let me see if I can find out how to do it in Vista.......... "Right-click the icon of the file that needs a new parent program. From the shortcut menu, choose Open With. If you choose "Choose default program" from the submenu, or if there's no submenu at all, the new Open With dialog box appears. It's supposed to list every program on your machine that's capable of opening the document." (In your case select Word) "And now, a critical question: Are you trying to make this document only open in a different program? Or all documents of this type? If it's just this one, click OK and stop reading. If it's all files of this type, then also turn on "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" and click OK." (I basically copied that from "Windows Vista - The Missing Manual" by Pogue Press.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... The new computer has Vista, and the old one Windows. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: Does this new computer have Vista or Windows? (Your original post is a bit confusing.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... Thank you for your reply, JoAnne. In Word XP Office on my old computer, my files and folders were in document form and not in WordPad form. I didn't have Works Suite on this old computer. My new computer does have Works Suite, however, and this is where my documents from the old computer have ended up. What I want to do is transfer the Works Word WordPad documents to Office 07 in a regular document format rather than in a WordPad format. Your suggestion baffles me, though not because it is wrong. I'm baffled because you gave me the general directions without the specific step-by-step procedures to accomplish it. I'm a novice, you see. Might you do this for me, please. Thanks. Mal "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: You've got several things mixed up. Vista and Windows are operating systems that do not have a word processor. Office and Works Suite are collections of programs that do contain word processors. Okay, that's enough school for the day. ;-) If you had Works and now have Word 2007, try copying your files over to your hard drive (do not open them on the disk!) and then open them in Word. Save them and you're good to go. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message news
My new computer has Windows Vista Home Premium, and my oldcomputer had Windows Office XP . I copied some Word files and folders from XP Office to a CD. When I installed the files and folders in my new computer, they showed up as Wordpad documents in Microsoft Vista Works Word Processor. I then installed Windows Office Word 07. I want to convert the copied files from Microsoft Works Word (WordPad file association) to Microsoft Office (Word doc. file association), so that I might use the old Windows XP files and folders in Vista Office Word 07. How might I accomplish this? Mal |
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Wonderful, JoAnn. I can now access in doc. form all of my folders and files
that used to show up in WordPad format. I'm grateful to you for your patient and kind assistance in solving my problem. Mal "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: Choose the one for Word and make sure you click the "Always use....." function. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... On highlighting a doc. file and right-clicking it, I found the "default program". I clicked it and the box "Open With" appeared. In the box was "Recommended Programs". In the top left-hand corner of the "Recommended Programs" is a small blue-shaded box with a Microsoft Logo. Under the Logo in this box was "Media Center". Adjacent to the blue box is a Microsoft Office Word icon, and below the blue box is a WordPad icon. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: Don't right-click on the program icon. Go into Windows Explorer and find one of your .doc files. Right-click on that. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... "Right-click the icon of the file that needs a new parent program. From the shortcut menu, choose Open With." I did this, but couldn't see an "Open With". There was only an "Open" command, and this brought up a new blank WordPad document. (The icon I right-clicked on was the WordPad icon.) Mal "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: I know how to change file associations in Win XP, let me see if I can find out how to do it in Vista.......... "Right-click the icon of the file that needs a new parent program. From the shortcut menu, choose Open With. If you choose "Choose default program" from the submenu, or if there's no submenu at all, the new Open With dialog box appears. It's supposed to list every program on your machine that's capable of opening the document." (In your case select Word) "And now, a critical question: Are you trying to make this document only open in a different program? Or all documents of this type? If it's just this one, click OK and stop reading. If it's all files of this type, then also turn on "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" and click OK." (I basically copied that from "Windows Vista - The Missing Manual" by Pogue Press.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... The new computer has Vista, and the old one Windows. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: Does this new computer have Vista or Windows? (Your original post is a bit confusing.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... Thank you for your reply, JoAnne. In Word XP Office on my old computer, my files and folders were in document form and not in WordPad form. I didn't have Works Suite on this old computer. My new computer does have Works Suite, however, and this is where my documents from the old computer have ended up. What I want to do is transfer the Works Word WordPad documents to Office 07 in a regular document format rather than in a WordPad format. Your suggestion baffles me, though not because it is wrong. I'm baffled because you gave me the general directions without the specific step-by-step procedures to accomplish it. I'm a novice, you see. Might you do this for me, please. Thanks. Mal "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: You've got several things mixed up. Vista and Windows are operating systems that do not have a word processor. Office and Works Suite are collections of programs that do contain word processors. Okay, that's enough school for the day. ;-) If you had Works and now have Word 2007, try copying your files over to your hard drive (do not open them on the disk!) and then open them in Word. Save them and you're good to go. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message news
My new computer has Windows Vista Home Premium, and my oldcomputer had Windows Office XP . I copied some Word files and folders from XP Office to a CD. When I installed the files and folders in my new computer, they showed up as Wordpad documents in Microsoft Vista Works Word Processor. I then installed Windows Office Word 07. I want to convert the copied files from Microsoft Works Word (WordPad file association) to Microsoft Office (Word doc. file association), so that I might use the old Windows XP files and folders in Vista Office Word 07. How might I accomplish this? Mal |
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"JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: Choose the one for Word and make sure you click the "Always use....." function. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... On highlighting a doc. file and right-clicking it, I found the "default program". I clicked it and the box "Open With" appeared. In the box was "Recommended Programs". In the top left-hand corner of the "Recommended Programs" is a small blue-shaded box with a Microsoft Logo. Under the Logo in this box was "Media Center". Adjacent to the blue box is a Microsoft Office Word icon, and below the blue box is a WordPad icon. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: Don't right-click on the program icon. Go into Windows Explorer and find one of your .doc files. Right-click on that. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... "Right-click the icon of the file that needs a new parent program. From the shortcut menu, choose Open With." I did this, but couldn't see an "Open With". There was only an "Open" command, and this brought up a new blank WordPad document. (The icon I right-clicked on was the WordPad icon.) Mal "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: I know how to change file associations in Win XP, let me see if I can find out how to do it in Vista.......... "Right-click the icon of the file that needs a new parent program. From the shortcut menu, choose Open With. If you choose "Choose default program" from the submenu, or if there's no submenu at all, the new Open With dialog box appears. It's supposed to list every program on your machine that's capable of opening the document." (In your case select Word) "And now, a critical question: Are you trying to make this document only open in a different program? Or all documents of this type? If it's just this one, click OK and stop reading. If it's all files of this type, then also turn on "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" and click OK." (I basically copied that from "Windows Vista - The Missing Manual" by Pogue Press.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... The new computer has Vista, and the old one Windows. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: Does this new computer have Vista or Windows? (Your original post is a bit confusing.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... Thank you for your reply, JoAnne. In Word XP Office on my old computer, my files and folders were in document form and not in WordPad form. I didn't have Works Suite on this old computer. My new computer does have Works Suite, however, and this is where my documents from the old computer have ended up. What I want to do is transfer the Works Word WordPad documents to Office 07 in a regular document format rather than in a WordPad format. Your suggestion baffles me, though not because it is wrong. I'm baffled because you gave me the general directions without the specific step-by-step procedures to accomplish it. I'm a novice, you see. Might you do this for me, please. Thanks. Mal "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: You've got several things mixed up. Vista and Windows are operating systems that do not have a word processor. Office and Works Suite are collections of programs that do contain word processors. Okay, that's enough school for the day. ;-) If you had Works and now have Word 2007, try copying your files over to your hard drive (do not open them on the disk!) and then open them in Word. Save them and you're good to go. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message news
My new computer has Windows Vista Home Premium, and my oldcomputer had Windows Office XP . I copied some Word files and folders from XP Office to a CD. When I installed the files and folders in my new computer, they showed up as Wordpad documents in Microsoft Vista Works Word Processor. I then installed Windows Office Word 07. I want to convert the copied files from Microsoft Works Word (WordPad file association) to Microsoft Office (Word doc. file association), so that I might use the old Windows XP files and folders in Vista Office Word 07. How might I accomplish this? Mal |
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Not a problem. I'm glad you got everything "fixed" now. :-)
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... Wonderful, JoAnn. I can now access in doc. form all of my folders and files that used to show up in WordPad format. I'm grateful to you for your patient and kind assistance in solving my problem. Mal "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: Choose the one for Word and make sure you click the "Always use....." function. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... On highlighting a doc. file and right-clicking it, I found the "default program". I clicked it and the box "Open With" appeared. In the box was "Recommended Programs". In the top left-hand corner of the "Recommended Programs" is a small blue-shaded box with a Microsoft Logo. Under the Logo in this box was "Media Center". Adjacent to the blue box is a Microsoft Office Word icon, and below the blue box is a WordPad icon. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: Don't right-click on the program icon. Go into Windows Explorer and find one of your .doc files. Right-click on that. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... "Right-click the icon of the file that needs a new parent program. From the shortcut menu, choose Open With." I did this, but couldn't see an "Open With". There was only an "Open" command, and this brought up a new blank WordPad document. (The icon I right-clicked on was the WordPad icon.) Mal "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: I know how to change file associations in Win XP, let me see if I can find out how to do it in Vista.......... "Right-click the icon of the file that needs a new parent program. From the shortcut menu, choose Open With. If you choose "Choose default program" from the submenu, or if there's no submenu at all, the new Open With dialog box appears. It's supposed to list every program on your machine that's capable of opening the document." (In your case select Word) "And now, a critical question: Are you trying to make this document only open in a different program? Or all documents of this type? If it's just this one, click OK and stop reading. If it's all files of this type, then also turn on "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" and click OK." (I basically copied that from "Windows Vista - The Missing Manual" by Pogue Press.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... The new computer has Vista, and the old one Windows. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: Does this new computer have Vista or Windows? (Your original post is a bit confusing.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message ... Thank you for your reply, JoAnne. In Word XP Office on my old computer, my files and folders were in document form and not in WordPad form. I didn't have Works Suite on this old computer. My new computer does have Works Suite, however, and this is where my documents from the old computer have ended up. What I want to do is transfer the Works Word WordPad documents to Office 07 in a regular document format rather than in a WordPad format. Your suggestion baffles me, though not because it is wrong. I'm baffled because you gave me the general directions without the specific step-by-step procedures to accomplish it. I'm a novice, you see. Might you do this for me, please. Thanks. Mal "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: You've got several things mixed up. Vista and Windows are operating systems that do not have a word processor. Office and Works Suite are collections of programs that do contain word processors. Okay, that's enough school for the day. ;-) If you had Works and now have Word 2007, try copying your files over to your hard drive (do not open them on the disk!) and then open them in Word. Save them and you're good to go. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Mal" wrote in message news
My new computer has Windows Vista Home Premium, and my oldcomputer had Windows Office XP . I copied some Word files and folders from XP Office to a CD. When I installed the files and folders in my new computer, they showed up as Wordpad documents in Microsoft Vista Works Word Processor. I then installed Windows Office Word 07. I want to convert the copied files from Microsoft Works Word (WordPad file association) to Microsoft Office (Word doc. file association), so that I might use the old Windows XP files and folders in Vista Office Word 07. How might I accomplish this? Mal |
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