default programs

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Mel

We have a new computer which did not come with Office. We bought Office and
installed it. When using Word, and trying to access a wordperfect doc it
trys to open Works. When I try to change the default to Word, Word does not
appear in the list of default programs.

How do I add Word and the other Office products to the list of default
programs?
 
The specifics probably depend on your version of Windows, but whenever
you're looking for a program to do something-or-other, there should be
a "Browse" button, which will open up your entire file structure so
that you can navigate to WinWord.
 
Hi, this is very simple to do. Assuming that you have Windows Vista or 7 this
is what you must do:

Open up any folder that contains a document you wish to load with Word.
Right click on that file and select "Open With" and click on " Choose Default
Program." You can browse for a list of programs and choose Word in there.

If that option does not show up when you right click on your document there
is a second way. Right click on the document and click on "Properties." A new
windows with the file properties should appear, click on "Change" and that
will show another window which will enable you to choose a default program.

Hope this information helps you. Please let me know to see how it went.


Vicente Tulliano
 
Hello Vicente

I have this self-same problem - using Win7 and Office7. I have tried BOTH of
the things you suggest to setup default for .doc files to Word 7 but all that
has happened is that they now try to open with Adobe Reader 9.1 and won't
display. I can open them fine if I open Word first then use open but double
clicking a .doc file tries Reader 9.1 again!

I have tried browsing because Word/Office don't appear, for some strange
reason, in recommended programs *or* other programs and even browsing and
selecting the winword exe doesn't work!

So before I tear my hair out, can you advise what the problem may be please?

Thank you, Nick.
 
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