Suzanne
Mon Oct 17 23:18:01 CDT 2005
Reregistering Word should take care of all of this automatically.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site:
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"David Boswell" <DavidBoswell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6607FA78-CA43-459D-9BD6-AA747C6FDEDF@microsoft.com...
> thanks for all the suggestions - sorry if I sounded harsh - i had just
> discovered that after 5 years of telephone support that Dell now charges
$99
> a phone call.
>
> i found the fix - actually turned out quite simple - i kept thinking it
was
> in the WORD tools -- this was on "file types":
>
> From Word Help (modified):
> > 1.. In My Computer or Windows Explorer, click the Tools menu, click
Folder
> > Options,
> > and then click the File Types tab (Wait...).
> > 2.. In the Registered file types list, click the file type "DOC", and
then
> > click Change.
> > 3.. In the Open With dialog box, select "Microsoft Word", and then
click
> > OK.
> > 4.. Repeat for file types DOCHTML, DOCMHTML, DOT and DOTHTML.
> > 5.. Click OK in the Folder Options dialog box.
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Pat Garard
> > Australia
>
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
> > winword.exe/r would give an error message; it must be winword.exe /r
> >
> > --
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > Word MVP FAQ site:
http://word.mvps.org
> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
> > all may benefit.
> >
> > "Charles Kenyon" <msnewsgroup@remove.no.spam.addbalance.com> wrote in
> > message news:%23Q9KZtQ0FHA.612@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > If you tried to Run winword.exe/r and got a not found, Windows is not
> > > finding Word. The ".doc" extension is registered in your Windows to
> > WordPad.
> > >
> > > How are you getting Word open? When it is open, does the W icon show
up at
> > > the top left of your window when you believe you have Word open? Or is
it
> > a
> > > tablet icon?
> > >
> > > Please don't be so cross with the people trying to help you or you'll
just
> > > be tuned out. Everyone answering questions here is a fellow user, not
an
> > > Microsoft employee. We are all volunteers and can just go home for the
> > > weekend rather than help you. I understand that you are frustrated.
> > Windows
> > > is complicated; so is Word. It isn't our fault. We live with it too.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Charles Kenyon
> > >
> > > Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:
http://addbalance.com/word
> > >
> > > Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
> > > Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)
http://addbalance.com/usersguide
> > >
> > > See also the MVP FAQ:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
> > > --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
> > > This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
> > > and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
> > > from my ignorance and your wisdom.
> > >
> > > "David Boswell" <DavidBoswell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
> > > news:64EAF513-0E3B-4570-B945-8A24204CA070@microsoft.com...
> > > > repeating from posts:
> > > >
> > > > from "wordwriter":
> > > > I had a problem with my hard drive. It was repaored but now all
word
> > > > documents are saved as a word pad document. I direct the document to
be
> > > > saved as a word document, but it gets converted. How do I stop
this?
> > > >
> > > > from David Boswell:
> > > > your (Barnhill) response addressed existing documents - our problem
is
> > > > creating wordpad document when using WORD and choosing "WORD
document"
> > as
> > > > file type.
> > > > Also the fix referred to "winword /r" - I got a "not found"
> > > >
> > > > we are using Microsoft WORD to create a Microsoft WORD document!!
But
> > the
> > > > document is being created as a wordpad document - I have reinstalled
> > WORD
> > > > twice!! We definetly are using WORD - please re-read the original
posts
> > > > if
> > > > this is not clear.
> > > >
> > > > "Anne Troy" wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I cannot determine from what you've said whether you're trying to
use
> > > >> Word
> > > >> or WordPad to create Word documents. It also sounds to me like they
> > > >> didn't
> > > >> reinstall Word when your hard drive was repaired--if you ever had
Word
> > at
> > > >> all.
> > > >> ************
> > > >> Anne Troy
> > > >> www.OfficeArticles.com
> > > >>
> > > >> "David Boswell" <David Boswell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> > > >> message
> > > >> news:45E82006-BCCF-4BAA-9282-1C47CB25F684@microsoft.com...
> > > >> > your response addressed existing documents - our problem is
creating
> > > >> > wordpad
> > > >> > document when using WORD and choosing "WORD document" as file
type.
> > > >> > Also
> > > >> > the
> > > >> > fix referred to "winword /r" - I got a "not found"
> > > >> >
> > > >> > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
> > > >> >
> > > >> >> I suspect it's not converted, just being displayed with a
WordPad
> > > >> >> icon.
> > > >> >> For
> > > >> >> one way to correct this problem, see
> > > >> >>
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> --
> > > >> >> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > > >> >> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > > >> >> Words into Type
> > > >> >> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > > >> >> Word MVP FAQ site:
http://word.mvps.org
> > > >> >> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
> > > >> >> newsgroup
> > > >> >> so
> > > >> >> all may benefit.
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> "wordwriter" <wordwriter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
> > > >> >> news:F88C3FF9-7943-446D-BEEE-91DE90CC048B@microsoft.com...
> > > >> >> > I had a problem with my hard drive. It was repaored but now
all
> > > >> >> > word
> > > >> >> > documents are saved as a word pad document. I direct the
document
> > to
> > > >> >> > be
> > > >> >> saved
> > > >> >> > as a word document, but it gets converted. How do I stop
this?
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
> >