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[Dave Mainwainwaring]

I have a large number of 2000 Word doc files from floppies
that were bakups from the machine that crashed.They have
been copied to the new machine on drive C:

When I open an existing file, oldcompany.doc (Windows 2000
saved as a .doc file) it opens in WORD-XP as Document1
containing the text from oldcompany.doc but has lost the
file name.

I "saved as" the file "document1" giving it a new name test.doc

It saved to the disc as test.doc and it is in the directory
as test.doc

When I open test.doc
It again opened as Document1
(does not matter if it is double clicked from directory or
opened from Word)

If I save as an RTF file it saves ok, But opens as a document1

This is a brand spanking new machine, it came with XP and
Word oem installed.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Most likely your old document is behaving as a template (that is, the
default action has been changed from Open to New). Make sure you are
*opening* the doc.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word

 

[Dave Mainwaring]

-----Original Message-----
Most likely your old document is behaving as a template (that is, the
default action has been changed from Open to New). Make sure you are
*opening* the doc.

I would agree, however....

I am most definitely opening the doc.<g>

I am opening by: double clicking on the file.
and
I am opening by: selecting "open" then selecting the file

So how (in detail) do I change the default action to keep
from dealing with templates. Is there a preference setting
I need to set?

I must open the files as they were created and not enter
them into a template.

I would appreciate if someone could answer me at
(e-mail address removed) as well as on this group.

Thanks,
Dave