Hi, Llama Mama.
Just click on the .doc file. Or start Word 2007 and then Open the .doc
file, as usual. That works for me. Or Open with, as Bob Knowlden
suggested. The only thing different about working with older Word files in
Word 2007 is the Save As command, or Save if I've changed the document; in
that case, Word 2007 asks if I want to save it in the new format, using the
..docx extension.
Can you open the file from within Word 2007?
Can you open the file by clicking on the .doc in Windows Explorer? If not,
you probably do need to update your file associations. In Vista, it is no
longer in Folder Options, but in Control Panel | Default Programs |
Associate a file type or protocol with a program. Click the .doc extension
here, then Change Program should let you choose Microsoft Office Word.
This doesn't always work for reasons not clearly understood (by me, at
least). In that case, you might get some clues from this article on MVP
Ramesh Srinivasan's page, although it doesn't specifically list .doc files:
File association fixes for Windows Vista
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/File-association-fixes-for-Windows-Vista.html
You might get more focused help in one of the several Office and Word
newsgroups, rather than this Vista.general group. You can start with
microsoft.public.word.newusers and go from there.
RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
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Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)