outlook wants to open all word attachments in excel which refuses

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MWBTB - 20 Jun 2007 18:43 GMT

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?

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F.H. Muffman - 20 Jun 2007 23:47 GMT

> 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?

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MWBTB - 21 Jun 2007 00:05 GMT

> > 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
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> 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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Charles W Davis - 21 Jun 2007 01:36 GMT

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

>> > 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
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>> 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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MWBTB - 21 Jun 2007 02:09 GMT

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

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