Trouble with Word 98 docs in Classic mode

[KevinStauffer]

We are having trouble opening Word documents. The docs
were created in Word using Office 98. The computers have
Word 98 Office Edition and Office X installed, and are
running OS X and OS 9 in "Classic" mode.

When a user's computer is in Classic mode and a Word 98
doc is double-clicked, a warning dialog box appears:

"To use Microsoft Word, your computer must be running Mac
OS 10.1 or later."

Dragging and dropping onto an alias of Word 98 (which for
some reason has the same icon as the Office X version),
the file opens.

Any solutions?

 

[Jim Gordon]

Hi Kevin,

This has already been discussed in the newsgroup thoroughly. The short story
is that MacOS uses the most recently installed version of a product to open
that product's files. You installed Office X after installing Office 98, so
MacOS wants to use Office X applications to open Office documents. This is
the normal and expected behavior. Office X does not run in Classic, so the
documents can't be opened in classic by double-clicking their icons.

Using a shortcut to Word 98 or opening Word 98 first and using File > Open
are two work-arounds that are recommended to solve the problem. The file
icon used follows that same rule, so you see the Office X icon for the
shortcut, too.

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

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[Kevin Stauffer]

Jim,

Your explanation makes sense. Sorry I didn't pick this up
in a newsgroup search.

Thanks, Kevin