How to Open Word document link with Word

  • Thread starter Thread starter Guest
  • Start date Start date
G

Guest

I have some Word (.doc & .dot) links on my web page that I want to have open
with Word instead of inside Internet Explorer when the hyperlink is selected.
Is there a setting on the web page or site that I can change or link to it
another way or would this be a setting in internet explorer?

Thank you for your help.

Rick
 
Not possible except on an Intranet (where all users have changed their PC registry settings)
See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=162059

--

_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
_____________________________________________


|I have some Word (.doc & .dot) links on my web page that I want to have open
| with Word instead of inside Internet Explorer when the hyperlink is selected.
| Is there a setting on the web page or site that I can change or link to it
| another way or would this be a setting in internet explorer?
|
| Thank you for your help.
|
| Rick
 
Click the link, and the document should (will) open in Word if the person
has Word on their computer - it is opening within Word, within the browser
(not necessarily IE).
 
Thanks for your reply.

Yes, I understand that it is using word within internet explorer and from
the link that Stefan supplied, I got the doc's to open in a word window
instead of inside IE. I'm still having a problem with template files. See my
reply to Stefan..

Thanks,

Rick
 
Thanks for your reply, this got me half way there.

This is on my internal Intranet site. I am running the web site on SBS
2003. All my workstations are WinXP SP2. Half have MS Office 2002 and the
other half have MS Office 2003.

I changed the Advanced setting under Folder options and the .doc and .dot
files do open now in a seperate Word window, but it is still not right. I
have some templates that use fillin fields which prompt the user with an
input box for different fields within the template. These work fine when
opened with Windows Explorer because it opens a new .doc file from the
template, but when opened from an Intranet web page, they do not work because
it is editing the template instead of opening a new .doc file using the
template layout.

After more testing, I found when a .dot file is opened from inside word
using the File/Open menu option and browse to a .dot file to open, this will
just edit the template the same way it does when opened through the web page
hyperlink. How can I get it to work like when you double click the .dot file
in Windows Explorer?

All assistance is greatly appreciated,

Rick
 
Create a blank document ( .doc ) from the template, and place the .doc on
the web instead of the template file.
I think the .doc should retain the field functionality.
--
Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/

Rick Voland said:
Thanks for your reply, this got me half way there.

This is on my internal Intranet site. I am running the web site on SBS
2003. All my workstations are WinXP SP2. Half have MS Office 2002 and
the
other half have MS Office 2003.

I changed the Advanced setting under Folder options and the .doc and .dot
files do open now in a seperate Word window, but it is still not right.
I
have some templates that use fillin fields which prompt the user with an
input box for different fields within the template. These work fine when
opened with Windows Explorer because it opens a new .doc file from the
template, but when opened from an Intranet web page, they do not work
because
it is editing the template instead of opening a new .doc file using the
template layout.

After more testing, I found when a .dot file is opened from inside word
using the File/Open menu option and browse to a .dot file to open, this
will
just edit the template the same way it does when opened through the web
page
hyperlink. How can I get it to work like when you double click the .dot
file
in Windows Explorer?

All assistance is greatly appreciated,

Rick

Stefan B Rusynko said:
Not possible except on an Intranet (where all users have changed their
PC registry settings)
See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=162059

--

_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
_____________________________________________


|I have some Word (.doc & .dot) links on my web page that I want to have
open
| with Word instead of inside Internet Explorer when the hyperlink is
selected.
| Is there a setting on the web page or site that I can change or link
to it
| another way or would this be a setting in internet explorer?
|
| Thank you for your help.
|
| Rick
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I tried to create a .doc from the template, but when I opened the .doc
version of it, it did not prompt me for the fillin fields. Any other ideas?

Ronx said:
Create a blank document ( .doc ) from the template, and place the .doc on
the web instead of the template file.
I think the .doc should retain the field functionality.
--
Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/

Rick Voland said:
Thanks for your reply, this got me half way there.

This is on my internal Intranet site. I am running the web site on SBS
2003. All my workstations are WinXP SP2. Half have MS Office 2002 and
the
other half have MS Office 2003.

I changed the Advanced setting under Folder options and the .doc and .dot
files do open now in a seperate Word window, but it is still not right.
I
have some templates that use fillin fields which prompt the user with an
input box for different fields within the template. These work fine when
opened with Windows Explorer because it opens a new .doc file from the
template, but when opened from an Intranet web page, they do not work
because
it is editing the template instead of opening a new .doc file using the
template layout.

After more testing, I found when a .dot file is opened from inside word
using the File/Open menu option and browse to a .dot file to open, this
will
just edit the template the same way it does when opened through the web
page
hyperlink. How can I get it to work like when you double click the .dot
file
in Windows Explorer?

All assistance is greatly appreciated,

Rick

Stefan B Rusynko said:
Not possible except on an Intranet (where all users have changed their
PC registry settings)
See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=162059

--

_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
_____________________________________________


|I have some Word (.doc & .dot) links on my web page that I want to have
open
| with Word instead of inside Internet Explorer when the hyperlink is
selected.
| Is there a setting on the web page or site that I can change or link
to it
| another way or would this be a setting in internet explorer?
|
| Thank you for your help.
|
| Rick
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Add a note next to the link prompting the user to right-click the link and
use "Save Target As" to force a download of the template file.

OR place each template in a .zip file, so they will download, then the user
must extract them to use them.
--
Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/

Rick Voland said:
I tried to create a .doc from the template, but when I opened the .doc
version of it, it did not prompt me for the fillin fields. Any other
ideas?

Ronx said:
Create a blank document ( .doc ) from the template, and place the .doc
on
the web instead of the template file.
I think the .doc should retain the field functionality.
--
Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/

Rick Voland said:
Thanks for your reply, this got me half way there.

This is on my internal Intranet site. I am running the web site on
SBS
2003. All my workstations are WinXP SP2. Half have MS Office 2002
and
the
other half have MS Office 2003.

I changed the Advanced setting under Folder options and the .doc and
.dot
files do open now in a seperate Word window, but it is still not
right.
I
have some templates that use fillin fields which prompt the user with
an
input box for different fields within the template. These work fine
when
opened with Windows Explorer because it opens a new .doc file from the
template, but when opened from an Intranet web page, they do not work
because
it is editing the template instead of opening a new .doc file using
the
template layout.

After more testing, I found when a .dot file is opened from inside
word
using the File/Open menu option and browse to a .dot file to open,
this
will
just edit the template the same way it does when opened through the
web
page
hyperlink. How can I get it to work like when you double click the
.dot
file
in Windows Explorer?

All assistance is greatly appreciated,

Rick

:

Not possible except on an Intranet (where all users have changed
their
PC registry settings)
See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=162059

--

_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:

http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
_____________________________________________


|I have some Word (.doc & .dot) links on my web page that I want to
have
open
| with Word instead of inside Internet Explorer when the hyperlink is
selected.
| Is there a setting on the web page or site that I can change or
link
to it
| another way or would this be a setting in internet explorer?
|
| Thank you for your help.
|
| Rick
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Stefan --

Thanks for the citation ... we'll try that, since we only use Word on our
intranet.

BUT ... let me kvetch that the "open in browser" feature with Office 2003 is
a Really Bad Idea. It has been a Really Bad Idea with Adobe PDFs for years
.... why did Microsoft do the same?

For one, we mostly have forms that we want opening in Word, not IE.

For two, this type of thing is confusing to assistive technology. Screen
readers don't know whether to apply browser or Word rules.

grrrrr.....

John Kwasnik
State of California DGS
 
Back
Top