Opening internet word doc

[SuzyQ]

Hi, I am attempting to open something on the internet
which should be in word. I keep getting the following
message.

Paint cannot read this file. This is not a valid bitmap
file or its format is not currently supported.

I have been told that I probably have the wrong extensions
or something. How do I get out of this.

Suzy

 

[Guest]

What's happened on your machine, is at one time, Windows didn't know how to open .DOC files (Word Documents), and when that happens, it brings up a dialog asking "What should I use to open this?

If you seleceted "Paint", and told it "Always use this file type", Windows will think that anything with a .DOC extension is supposed to go to Paint, start paint, hand it the doc file, and paint won't know what to do with it

I'm running on WindowsXP, and I'm an administrator on my laptop, and these steps work for me. If you've on XP, but not an admin, I don't know if this will work, but it's worth a try

Bring up "My Computer" from the start bar. (Actually, ANY explorer window will do it, but My Computer will do it fine
In the menu bar, find Tools, and select "Folder Options...
A dialog will come up, and one of the tabs is "File Types". Click on that tab

Now you'll see a long list with all the extensions that your copy of Windows recognizes. Scroll through the list until you find DOC. What will probably show up is that the type is something like a "Paint File". Highlight the rwo, and in the bottom area, click "Change"

Now, you'll have the option to say what program you want to use, whenever you want to interact with a Word Document. Find Microsoft Word (Or Wordpad, if you prefer), and select it

This will re-associate .doc with Word, and from that point on, any time you interact with a .doc file (I.e. double click from explorer, download from a web page, etc...) it will launch it in Word

If the Change button is disabled (Looks kinda pale and does nothing when you click on it), it's probably that you're not an administrator. I'd check with your local admin, and see if they can help

Hope that helps

Dante Gagn
Software Design Engineer/Tes
Developer Divisio
Microsoft Corporatio

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Jezebel]

Somewhat simpler is Start > Run: Winword.exe /r

What's happened on your machine, is at one time, Windows didn't know how

to open .DOC files (Word Documents), and when that happens, it brings up a
dialog asking "What should I use to open this?"

If you seleceted "Paint", and told it "Always use this file type", Windows

will think that anything with a .DOC extension is supposed to go to Paint,
start paint, hand it the doc file, and paint won't know what to do with it.

I'm running on WindowsXP, and I'm an administrator on my laptop, and these

steps work for me. If you've on XP, but not an admin, I don't know if this
will work, but it's worth a try.

Bring up "My Computer" from the start bar. (Actually, ANY explorer window

will do it, but My Computer will do it fine)

In the menu bar, find Tools, and select "Folder Options..."
A dialog will come up, and one of the tabs is "File Types". Click on that tab.

Now you'll see a long list with all the extensions that your copy of

Windows recognizes. Scroll through the list until you find DOC. What will
probably show up is that the type is something like a "Paint File".
Highlight the rwo, and in the bottom area, click "Change".

Now, you'll have the option to say what program you want to use, whenever

you want to interact with a Word Document. Find Microsoft Word (Or Wordpad,
if you prefer), and select it.

This will re-associate .doc with Word, and from that point on, any time

you interact with a .doc file (I.e. double click from explorer, download
from a web page, etc...) it will launch it in Word.

If the Change button is disabled (Looks kinda pale and does nothing when

you click on it), it's probably that you're not an administrator. I'd check
with your local admin, and see if they can help.

Hope that helps!

Dante Gagne
Software Design Engineer/Test
Developer Division
Microsoft Corporation

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no

rights.