Unable to Open Documents Created on PC

[twiggers]

Out of the blue I cannot open any word documents (.doc) that were created on
a PC. I get an icon that has the IE logo and Parallels logo and every time I
try to open the document it forces me to boot up Windows using Parallels.
I can get rid of the problem if I drag the file to my desktop, copy it, and
rename it, but obviously that is a tremendous annoyance.

All software is up-to-date (Mac and Office).
I have repaired permissions.

My thinking is that for some reason those documents are not recognizing that
I have Word:Mac installed.

Oh, and I'm running Leopard with the 2004 version of office.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! I'm working on my dissertation and am
wit's end!

 

[JE McGimpsey]

Out of the blue I cannot open any word documents (.doc) that were created on
a PC. I get an icon that has the IE logo and Parallels logo and every time I
try to open the document it forces me to boot up Windows using Parallels.
I can get rid of the problem if I drag the file to my desktop, copy it, and
rename it, but obviously that is a tremendous annoyance.

All software is up-to-date (Mac and Office).
I have repaired permissions.

My thinking is that for some reason those documents are not recognizing that
I have Word:Mac installed.

Oh, and I'm running Leopard with the 2004 version of office.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! I'm working on my dissertation and am
wit's end!

First - documents don't recognize applications.

Instead, when you doule click a file icon, the Finder uses its
application database to determine what application to use (I'm assuming
you can open the documents using File/Open in Word).

Select one of the .doc documents. Type CMD-i. In the Info dialog's 'Open
with:' pane, select Microsoft Word from the dropdown and click Change
All.

The Finder should now know how to open your .docs.

 

[twiggers]

Thank you so much for the help!!!! It does appear to be working. Puzzling how
that just randomly changed one day.