Word pad doc. auto converting to Word doc.

I am teaching a seniors computer class. Using wordpad because its very
basic. However, when I open a saved wordpad document, it automatically opens
in word. How do I stop this. I am using windows vista, and I have Office
2007 on my computers.

"Brenda" <> wrote in message
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>I am teaching a seniors computer class. Using wordpad because its very
> basic. However, when I open a saved wordpad document, it automatically
> opens
> in word. How do I stop this. I am using windows vista, and I have Office
> 2007 on my computers.

I don't think the Vista version of WordPad can open .doc files anymore.

ss.

Brenda wrote:
> I am teaching a seniors computer class. Using wordpad because its very
> basic. However, when I open a saved wordpad document, it automatically opens
> in word. How do I stop this. I am using windows vista, and I have Office
> 2007 on my computers.

Can you right click it and use "Open with ..."?

Alias

Hi Brenda,

Right click the file>Open With>Choose Default Program.
OR
Control Panel>Default Programs.
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"Brenda" <> wrote in message
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>I am teaching a seniors computer class. Using wordpad because its very
> basic. However, when I open a saved wordpad document, it automatically
> opens
> in word. How do I stop this. I am using windows vista, and I have Office
> 2007 on my computers.

or right click the txt file and click properties and in the general tab just
below the file name and icon is the box for type of file and what to open
with. Click change and select your choice application.

This should change all like file types.





"Alias" <> wrote in message
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> Brenda wrote:
>> I am teaching a seniors computer class. Using wordpad because its very
>> basic. However, when I open a saved wordpad document, it automatically
>> opens in word. How do I stop this. I am using windows vista, and I have
>> Office 2007 on my computers.
>
> Can you right click it and use "Open with ..."?
>
> Alias

"Bob" <> wrote in message
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> Hi Brenda,
>
> Right click the file>Open With>Choose Default Program.
> OR
> Control Panel>Default Programs.
> --
> *Report back, please*


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wordpad

"In Windows Vista, support for reading Word files was removed because of the
incorrect rendering and formatting problems. However, it supports speech
recognition and the Text Services Framework (TSF). For viewing legacy
(97-2003) as well as newer (Open XML) Microsoft Word documents, Microsoft
recommends Word Viewer, which is available for free."

ss.

I just tried to open a doc file with WordPad and it worked fine.

"Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
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> "Brenda" <> wrote in message
> news:12AB5BD0-01D7-43BB-AA12-...
>>I am teaching a seniors computer class. Using wordpad because its very
>> basic. However, when I open a saved wordpad document, it automatically
>> opens
>> in word. How do I stop this. I am using windows vista, and I have
>> Office
>> 2007 on my computers.
>
> I don't think the Vista version of WordPad can open .doc files anymore.
>
> ss.
>

"Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
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>>I am teaching a seniors computer class. Using wordpad because its very
>> basic. However, when I open a saved wordpad document, it automatically
>> opens
>> in word. How do I stop this. I am using windows vista, and I have
>> Office
>> 2007 on my computers.
>
> I don't think the Vista version of WordPad can open .doc files anymore.


I just tested. Make sure you are saving them as .rtf files, rather than
..doc files, as the Vista version of WordPad no longer opens .doc files.

ss.

Synapse Syndrome wrote:
> "Bob" <> wrote in message
> news:. ..
>> Hi Brenda,
>>
>> Right click the file>Open With>Choose Default Program.
>> OR
>> Control Panel>Default Programs.
>> --
>> *Report back, please*
>
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wordpad
>
> "In Windows Vista, support for reading Word files was removed because of the
> incorrect rendering and formatting problems. However, it supports speech
> recognition and the Text Services Framework (TSF). For viewing legacy
> (97-2003) as well as newer (Open XML) Microsoft Word documents, Microsoft
> recommends Word Viewer, which is available for free."
>
> ss.
>
>

The files were created with WordPad, not Word.

Alias

"However, it cannot save files in the .doc format (only .txt or .rtf),
unlike previous WordPad versions."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wordpad

"Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
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> "Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>>>I am teaching a seniors computer class. Using wordpad because its very
>>> basic. However, when I open a saved wordpad document, it automatically
>>> opens
>>> in word. How do I stop this. I am using windows vista, and I have
>>> Office
>>> 2007 on my computers.
>>
>> I don't think the Vista version of WordPad can open .doc files anymore.
>
>
> I just tested. Make sure you are saving them as .rtf files, rather than
> .doc files, as the Vista version of WordPad no longer opens .doc files.
>
> ss.
>