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  #1  
Old March 11th, 2010, 03:23 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
BK
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Using Windows XP and Office 2007

I just received a Word 2003 document as an email attachment. When I opened
the attachment, it launched Word 2003 on my system. Although Office 2003
still resides on my system, I am using Office 2007. I have received 2003
Word documents as email attachments before, and when I open the attachment
it always launches Word 2007.

Any idea what would cause an email attachment to launch Word 2003 this
time???


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Old March 11th, 2010, 11:04 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Daddy
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My guess: Because the file extension was .doc and the default file format in
Word 2007 is .docx

Daddy

"BK" wrote in message
...
Using Windows XP and Office 2007

I just received a Word 2003 document as an email attachment. When I
opened the attachment, it launched Word 2003 on my system. Although
Office 2003 still resides on my system, I am using Office 2007. I have
received 2003 Word documents as email attachments before, and when I open
the attachment it always launches Word 2007.

Any idea what would cause an email attachment to launch Word 2003 this
time???



  #3  
Old March 12th, 2010, 01:18 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
BK
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But I have opened other .doc email attachments that do not launch Word 2003.




"Daddy" wrote in message
...
My guess: Because the file extension was .doc and the default file format
in Word 2007 is .docx

Daddy

"BK" wrote in message
...
Using Windows XP and Office 2007

I just received a Word 2003 document as an email attachment. When I
opened the attachment, it launched Word 2003 on my system. Although
Office 2003 still resides on my system, I am using Office 2007. I have
received 2003 Word documents as email attachments before, and when I open
the attachment it always launches Word 2007.

Any idea what would cause an email attachment to launch Word 2003 this
time???





  #4  
Old March 12th, 2010, 04:25 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
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It is not really a good idea to directly open documents as attachments to
email messages. Better to first save the attachment and then open it.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"BK" wrote in message
...
But I have opened other .doc email attachments that do not launch Word
2003.




"Daddy" wrote in message
...
My guess: Because the file extension was .doc and the default file format
in Word 2007 is .docx

Daddy

"BK" wrote in message
...
Using Windows XP and Office 2007

I just received a Word 2003 document as an email attachment. When I
opened the attachment, it launched Word 2003 on my system. Although
Office 2003 still resides on my system, I am using Office 2007. I
have received 2003 Word documents as email attachments before, and when
I open the attachment it always launches Word 2007.

Any idea what would cause an email attachment to launch Word 2003 this
time???





  #5  
Old March 12th, 2010, 07:53 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Graham Mayor
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While I agree with Doug about not opening e-mail attachments directly, have
you made the registry changes that would allow Word 2003 and 2007 to
peacefully co-exist? If not Word 2003 will grab back its file associations.
The two versions will be in constant conflict. See
http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"BK" wrote in message
...
But I have opened other .doc email attachments that do not launch Word
2003.




"Daddy" wrote in message
...
My guess: Because the file extension was .doc and the default file format
in Word 2007 is .docx

Daddy

"BK" wrote in message
...
Using Windows XP and Office 2007

I just received a Word 2003 document as an email attachment. When I
opened the attachment, it launched Word 2003 on my system. Although
Office 2003 still resides on my system, I am using Office 2007. I
have received 2003 Word documents as email attachments before, and when
I open the attachment it always launches Word 2007.

Any idea what would cause an email attachment to launch Word 2003 this
time???







  #6  
Old March 12th, 2010, 02:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
BK
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Default Weird Opening Document

I can certainly do a "save" before opening if that's safer. Just don't
understand why saving it first makes it safer to open.


"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
It is not really a good idea to directly open documents as attachments to
email messages. Better to first save the attachment and then open it.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"BK" wrote in message
...
But I have opened other .doc email attachments that do not launch Word
2003.




"Daddy" wrote in message
...
My guess: Because the file extension was .doc and the default file
format in Word 2007 is .docx

Daddy

"BK" wrote in message
...
Using Windows XP and Office 2007

I just received a Word 2003 document as an email attachment. When I
opened the attachment, it launched Word 2003 on my system. Although
Office 2003 still resides on my system, I am using Office 2007. I
have received 2003 Word documents as email attachments before, and when
I open the attachment it always launches Word 2007.

Any idea what would cause an email attachment to launch Word 2003 this
time???







  #7  
Old March 12th, 2010, 02:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
BK
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Default Weird Opening Document

Thanks for the info.



"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
While I agree with Doug about not opening e-mail attachments directly,
have you made the registry changes that would allow Word 2003 and 2007 to
peacefully co-exist? If not Word 2003 will grab back its file
associations. The two versions will be in constant conflict. See
http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"BK" wrote in message
...
But I have opened other .doc email attachments that do not launch Word
2003.




"Daddy" wrote in message
...
My guess: Because the file extension was .doc and the default file
format in Word 2007 is .docx

Daddy

"BK" wrote in message
...
Using Windows XP and Office 2007

I just received a Word 2003 document as an email attachment. When I
opened the attachment, it launched Word 2003 on my system. Although
Office 2003 still resides on my system, I am using Office 2007. I
have received 2003 Word documents as email attachments before, and when
I open the attachment it always launches Word 2007.

Any idea what would cause an email attachment to launch Word 2003 this
time???









  #8  
Old March 12th, 2010, 02:53 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Pamelia Caswell via OfficeKB.com
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Also note that whichever version was opened last will be the one that starts
with a double click on a file.

Pam


Graham Mayor wrote:
While I agree with Doug about not opening e-mail attachments directly, have
you made the registry changes that would allow Word 2003 and 2007 to
peacefully co-exist? If not Word 2003 will grab back its file associations.
The two versions will be in constant conflict. See
http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm

But I have opened other .doc email attachments that do not launch Word
2003.

[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
Any idea what would cause an email attachment to launch Word 2003 this
time???


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  #9  
Old March 12th, 2010, 10:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
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Well, one trap that it will help you avoid is going ahead and editing a
document and then saving it thinking that you have saved the changes only to
later discover that you were working on a document that was opened from a
temporary location and when you close it, the "changed" file is deleted.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"BK" wrote in message
...
I can certainly do a "save" before opening if that's safer. Just don't
understand why saving it first makes it safer to open.


"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
It is not really a good idea to directly open documents as attachments to
email messages. Better to first save the attachment and then open it.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"BK" wrote in message
...
But I have opened other .doc email attachments that do not launch Word
2003.




"Daddy" wrote in message
...
My guess: Because the file extension was .doc and the default file
format in Word 2007 is .docx

Daddy

"BK" wrote in message
...
Using Windows XP and Office 2007

I just received a Word 2003 document as an email attachment. When I
opened the attachment, it launched Word 2003 on my system. Although
Office 2003 still resides on my system, I am using Office 2007. I
have received 2003 Word documents as email attachments before, and
when I open the attachment it always launches Word 2007.

Any idea what would cause an email attachment to launch Word 2003 this
time???







  #10  
Old March 13th, 2010, 03:05 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
BK
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Default Weird Opening Document

Yeah, been there done that before!! grin




"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
Well, one trap that it will help you avoid is going ahead and editing a
document and then saving it thinking that you have saved the changes only
to later discover that you were working on a document that was opened from
a temporary location and when you close it, the "changed" file is deleted.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"BK" wrote in message
...
I can certainly do a "save" before opening if that's safer. Just don't
understand why saving it first makes it safer to open.


"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
It is not really a good idea to directly open documents as attachments
to email messages. Better to first save the attachment and then open
it.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"BK" wrote in message
...
But I have opened other .doc email attachments that do not launch Word
2003.




"Daddy" wrote in message
...
My guess: Because the file extension was .doc and the default file
format in Word 2007 is .docx

Daddy

"BK" wrote in message
...
Using Windows XP and Office 2007

I just received a Word 2003 document as an email attachment. When I
opened the attachment, it launched Word 2003 on my system. Although
Office 2003 still resides on my system, I am using Office 2007. I
have received 2003 Word documents as email attachments before, and
when I open the attachment it always launches Word 2007.

Any idea what would cause an email attachment to launch Word 2003
this time???









 




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