Okay
documents ARE opening in Word.
did the file> open dialog WAS set at .doc
files DO open in Word when I double click them.
Here is another example of one of these files (has the extension .doc)
Still hoping someone can solve the mystery.. I have had these problems for
many years.. It doesn't happen to all my .doc files, only the ones that
seem to be most important to me.
thanks Jack
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Margaret Aldis said:
Hi Jack
I'm not clear if the documents are opening in Word or not.
If they are opening in Word but showing the 'messed up' format, then in the
File > Open
dialog, select 'Word documents' in the dropdown - you will probably find you
have it set to 'recover text from any file'.
If the problem is that the documents are not opening in Word when you
double-click, then you have
probably lost the association between the .doc extension and Word. You can
get that back by right-clicking on the file, choosing Open with > Choose
program, selecting Word manually, and ticking the box to always use this
program to open files of this type.
--
Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP
Syntagma partnership site:
http://www.syntagma.co.uk
++++Jack++++ said:
Need HELP with Word 97 doc files.]
Some how or another after moving my doc files to another hard drive
they
got
all messed up..
Can anyone tell me what happened or more importantly how to get them
back
so
I can read them with Word 97.. all files carry the .doc extension
Here is a portion of one of the files
Thank you VERY - VERY much Jack
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