outlook wants to open all word attachments in excel which refuses

[Guest]

When I receive an e-mail with an Word attachment and I try and open the
attachment by double cliking...the attachment tries to open in Excel. then I
get an error message that the format is not valid. Is there a place in
Outlook where a setting has been corrupted and I can switch it back to make
sure a .doc file opens in Word?

 

[F.H. Muffman]

When I receive an e-mail with an Word attachment and I try and open
the attachment by double cliking...the attachment tries to open in
Excel. then I get an error message that the format is not valid. Is
there a place in Outlook where a setting has been corrupted and I can
switch it back to make sure a .doc file opens in Word?

If you save the attachment to the desktop and double-click on it, does it
open in word, or does it try to open in Excel there as well?

 

[Guest]

If you save the attachment to the desktop and double-click on it, does it
open in word, or does it try to open in Excel there as well?

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f.h.


Yes when I save the document it does open in word. The problem seem to be just in outlook. thanks. MWB

 

[Charles W Davis]

Right-click on the attachment and choose Open With. Select Word. Check the
box to always do the same with this file type.

 

[Guest]

thanks, but that doesn't seem to be an option in Outlook 2003. the only
option when i write click is "open"...no "open with" option the way you get
when you have saved the document and you are seeing it in a folder. Any
other idea of how to get to that "open with" option?

M