Word Issues

dixie_dean_2

Hi

I recently bought a new laptop aand when I try and open documents it brings them up in notepad rather than word and consequently it is not readbale. Any ideas why this is and how I can change it?

Thanks

davetrousers

I take it you have MS Word installed?

Right click on the document in Explorer and select 'Open With' then select 'Choose Program' at the bottom, select MS Word and also tick the 'Always open with selected program...' box

dixie_dean_2

Not sure exactly what you mean. Say its a job application, when i click on it i can open or save, i right clicked on it but open with was not an option.

trcooke

I suspect that Microsoft Office is not installed by default. This is often the case with new laptops.

You have 2 choices here. Either shell out some more notes on Microsoft Office or install a free alternative such as OpenOffice.

dixie_dean_2

Dont like the shellingout option! Presume if i google open office and download that might work?

davetrousers

dixie_dean wrote: »

Not sure exactly what you mean. Say its a job application, when i click on it i can open or save, i right clicked on it but open with was not an option.

Has the document come to you in an email?

If so save it to your hard drive first.

Then to open Explorer press and hold the 'Windows' Key (near the bottom left of keyboard next to Alt) then press E.

This will open Explorer, then find where you saved the document, then right click on it, and follow my previous instructions.

BUT, does the laptop have MS Word on it?

dixie_dean_2

It does have word, yes. I'll try whatyou said, then look at open office option. Cheers guys.

dixie_dean_2

Oh, actually, similarly, if I try and save things as a word doc it saves it to notepad, but if I save as rich text doc it saves as a normal word document.

trcooke

OpenOffice can be found here: http://www.openoffice.org/

I would have a look in your programs list first to make sure you don't already have MS Office installed. If you do then following davetrousers's advice will sort you out.

davetrousers

What is the file type? is it a .doc file?

trcooke

Are you sure you have found 'Microsoft Word' and not 'Microsoft WordPad'? They are not the same.