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word docs are opening as wordpad!
i have installed office 2003 on my new computer which has windows vista
premium. all my old word documents, and any new word docs i save, only open in wordpad (despite new docs being selected to save in word doc), which loses all formatting. help! i have tried updating and using the program compatibility wizard. |
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word docs are opening as wordpad!
You have a problem with file associations.
Go to Control Panel Select Folder options Select 'file Types' tab Select extension '.DOC' Click on change and specifiy the path of winword.exe. -- Pranav Vaidya VBA Developer PN, MH-India If you think my answer is useful, please rate this post as an ANSWER!! "maddvirg" wrote: i have installed office 2003 on my new computer which has windows vista premium. all my old word documents, and any new word docs i save, only open in wordpad (despite new docs being selected to save in word doc), which loses all formatting. help! i have tried updating and using the program compatibility wizard. |
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word docs are opening as wordpad!
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 maddvirg wrote: i have installed office 2003 on my new computer which has windows vista premium. all my old word documents, and any new word docs i save, only open in wordpad (despite new docs being selected to save in word doc), which loses all formatting. help! i have tried updating and using the program compatibility wizard. |
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word docs are opening as wordpad!
pranav. i cant thank you enough! ive been trying to sort this out for weeks
now and you really helped. i couldnt go by exactly the same route as there was no "file types" tab, however i found the appropriate answer to my question in the windows help and support section (Q9: "Change the program that opens a type of file"). thanks heaps, as i wouldnt have known where to look or what words to use to ask the question. everything has now magically been changed back to normality for me. thanks! "Pranav Vaidya" wrote: You have a problem with file associations. Go to Control Panel Select Folder options Select 'file Types' tab Select extension '.DOC' Click on change and specifiy the path of winword.exe. -- Pranav Vaidya VBA Developer PN, MH-India If you think my answer is useful, please rate this post as an ANSWER!! "maddvirg" wrote: i have installed office 2003 on my new computer which has windows vista premium. all my old word documents, and any new word docs i save, only open in wordpad (despite new docs being selected to save in word doc), which loses all formatting. help! i have tried updating and using the program compatibility wizard. |
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word docs are opening as wordpad!
graham, i did this last time and it did nothing to change the situation. but
pranav has set me straight. thanks! "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 maddvirg wrote: i have installed office 2003 on my new computer which has windows vista premium. all my old word documents, and any new word docs i save, only open in wordpad (despite new docs being selected to save in word doc), which loses all formatting. help! i have tried updating and using the program compatibility wizard. |
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word docs are opening as wordpad!
You should have said and then I would have suggested the next step.
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org maddvirg wrote: graham, i did this last time and it did nothing to change the situation. but pranav has set me straight. thanks! "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 maddvirg wrote: i have installed office 2003 on my new computer which has windows vista premium. all my old word documents, and any new word docs i save, only open in wordpad (despite new docs being selected to save in word doc), which loses all formatting. help! i have tried updating and using the program compatibility wizard. |
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word docs are opening as wordpad!
sorry. i forgot to mention that one. thanks anyway.
"Graham Mayor" wrote: You should have said and then I would have suggested the next step. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org maddvirg wrote: graham, i did this last time and it did nothing to change the situation. but pranav has set me straight. thanks! "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 maddvirg wrote: i have installed office 2003 on my new computer which has windows vista premium. all my old word documents, and any new word docs i save, only open in wordpad (despite new docs being selected to save in word doc), which loses all formatting. help! i have tried updating and using the program compatibility wizard. |
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