Opening and saving doc in Word 2003 but saves in wordpad

[Guest]

Further to my previous question. I am using MS Ofice Professional 2003 with
Word 2003. I can open a new docyument in Word and save however, my Acer
Aspire 5000 laptop then saves it in wordpad. When opened again, it is opened
in wordpad.

 

[Graham Mayor]

How to re-register Word when problems crop up opening files
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm

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[Guest]

Unfortunately this does not work for my problem

How to re-register Word when problems crop up opening files
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Can you open the documents in Word if you start Word first? If so, then
they're Word documents. Do they have the .doc file extension? If so, then
they're still Word documents. If the only reason you think they're WordPad
files is that they have a WordPad file icon, then the file associations are
the problem.

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Words into Type
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[Guest]

Hi Snowgoose:

If the files are in fact .doc files, right click the file, select "Open
With" then "Choose Program..." Highlight Word, check the "Always use the
select program to open this kind of file," and click "OK."

If the files are .rtf files, you can also use the above method, but that
doesn't fully solve your problem. In that case, you will have to change the
default file format back to .doc. I don't remember where that option is in
Word 2003, but I would check under File | Preferences or Tools | Options.

Doug

 

[Guest]

Thanks very much. Problems solved.

Hi Snowgoose:

If the files are in fact .doc files, right click the file, select "Open
With" then "Choose Program..." Highlight Word, check the "Always use the
select program to open this kind of file," and click "OK."

If the files are .rtf files, you can also use the above method, but that
doesn't fully solve your problem. In that case, you will have to change the
default file format back to .doc. I don't remember where that option is in
Word 2003, but I would check under File | Preferences or Tools | Options.

Doug

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[Guest]

Thanks vety much. I can only open documents in word if I right click then
"open with" So it looks like file associations.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Reregistering Word per the instructions in the referenced article should
have repaired the file associations, so I don't know why it didn't work for
you.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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