Saving word documents in word format as opposed to wordpad

[Guest]

I have Word 2003 and I had "Help for WordPerfect Users" checked in the
Options section. I unchecked that and it's still saving as WordPad. My
default save is set to "Word document (*.doc). Why is it saving as WordPad?

 

[Guest]

When I save a document, the Icon next to the title of the document is a
WordPad icon, and when I put my mouse over the icon, the dialog box says
"Saved As: WordPad Document." I have my settings as "Save As: Word
Document" so the icon should be a Word Document icon but it isn't.

Double-clicking doesn't cause WordPad to launch. When I save the document,
I click to save it as a Word Document (the default is set to that), but it
still saves as a WordPad document. Very confusing.