Word -- Wordpad

[jacqueline jones]

Everytime I save a Word document, whether it is to the
hard drive, zip drive or floppy, Word saves it as a
wordpad document and I am unable to reopen it into Word.

 

[Bert]

Jacqueline,

It sounds like your "save" option might be set
incorrectly. Try going to Tools/Options/Save. Select
Word Document (*.doc) under "Save Word files as". This is
usually the first (top-most) selection for this option.

Good Luck,
Bert Fancher

 

[&:-jesse\)]

If you're trying to open your documents from within
Windows Explorer, you may not have your Word Files
properly associated. Try opening your documents from
within Word using File | Open.

Check your associations in Windows Explorer using...

View | Folder Options | File Types | Microsoft Word
Document. Click Edit and make the proper association.

jesse

 

[Beth Melton]

I suspect you are trying to open the document outside of Word rather
than using File/Open?

If that is the case then the *.doc file extension is associated with
Word Pad instead of Word. To rectify go to Start/Run and run:

winword /r

Note the space before the forward slash.

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assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

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