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February 1st, 2008 17:00

Opening Word Attachments

Hello all:

 

Just replaced our computer with an Inspiron that runs Vista.  At first we didn't have Microsoft Office, but we have since installed the Home & Student Edition.  The problem is that when we receive an e-mail with a Word attachment, the computer tries to open it with Works (which came installed it).  Then all we get is a page of gibberish.  I also noticed this problem when trying to open a Word document from a link on our child's school's website. 

 

Is there some way to fix this so Word will open the attachments?

 

Thanks!

 

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    abach

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    Posted February 1st, 2008 18:00

    Right from Vista help file:

    1. Open the folder that contains the file you want to change.

    2. Right-click the file that you want to change, and then, depending on the type of file, either click Open With or point to Open With and then click Choose Default Program.

    3. Click the program that you want to use to open this file.

    4. Do one of the following:
    • If you want all files of that type to open in the same software program, select the Always use the selected program to open this kind of file check box, and then click OK.
    • If you want only that file to open in the software program this one time, clear the Always use the selected program to open this kind of file check box, and then click OK.

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