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From: WPenfold on 20 Apr 2010 13:53 Hi, I am trying to convert several hundred mail merge documents from Word 2003 to Word 2007. Currently, if I double click a document to open it, it opens in whichever version of Word was run last. What I would like, is for ..DOC files to open in 2003 and .DOCX files to open with 2007. I've tried to change the file types to do this, but can't make it 'stick'. Any suggestions?
From: Stefan Blom on 20 Apr 2010 14:12 To prevent the two Word versions from "competing" over the file associations, see the "Hacking the Registry" section of the article at http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm. However, you cannot have Word 2003 open Word 97-2003 files and Word 2007 open the new file formats; instead, the registry hack determines which version will open all Word files. You will have to start the appropriate Word version first and then open the file. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "WPenfold" <WPenfold(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B4A11142-F5A1-4CA3-9DC6-60F1BB759458(a)microsoft.com... > Hi, I am trying to convert several hundred mail merge documents from Word > 2003 to Word 2007. Currently, if I double click a document to open it, it > opens in whichever version of Word was run last. What I would like, is for > .DOC files to open in 2003 and .DOCX files to open with 2007. I've tried to > change the file types to do this, but can't make it 'stick'. Any suggestions?
From: Graham Mayor on 21 Apr 2010 01:28 "Stefan Blom" <StefanBlom(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:O$5fpRL4KHA.1016(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > However, you cannot have Word 2003 open Word 97-2003 files and Word 2007 > open the new file formats; instead, the registry hack determines which > version will open all Word files. You will have to start the appropriate > Word version first and then open the file. You can't by the method on the page you quoted, but you can by associating the file type with the particular Word version - see http://www.gmayor.com/Document_Not_Found.htm This shows the settings to associate both types with Word 2007, but by changing the reference of the DOC format to Word 2003 (Office 11) DOC should then open by default with Word 2003. Having said that, I would probably recommend the method suggested by Stefan and associate both types with Word 2007. -- <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
From: Graham Mayor on 21 Apr 2010 01:30 I should clarify that you must apply the hack at http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm *before* the hack at http://www.gmayor.com/Document_Not_Found.htm or the last Word used will simply re-associate the files with itself. -- <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> "Graham Mayor" <gmayor(a)REMOVETHISmvps.org> wrote in message news:OxucGOR4KHA.5416(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > > "Stefan Blom" <StefanBlom(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:O$5fpRL4KHA.1016(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> However, you cannot have Word 2003 open Word 97-2003 files and Word 2007 >> open the new file formats; instead, the registry hack determines which >> version will open all Word files. You will have to start the appropriate >> Word version first and then open the file. > > You can't by the method on the page you quoted, but you can by associating > the file type with the particular Word version - see > http://www.gmayor.com/Document_Not_Found.htm This shows the settings to > associate both types with Word 2007, but by changing the reference of the > DOC format to Word 2003 (Office 11) DOC should then open by default with > Word 2003. > > Having said that, I would probably recommend the method suggested by > Stefan and associate both types with Word 2007. > -- > <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > Graham Mayor - Word MVP > > My web site www.gmayor.com > Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org > <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > >
From: Elaine on 21 Apr 2010 01:31
I sometimes work with a couple of versions of Word running at the same time. When double-clicking a document to open it I find it will always open in whichever version was configured last (like you). To ensure the documents open in the version I want, I open them from within the relevant Word version, not from the file list. So from Word 2007 CTRL+O then select your ..docx documents; or from Word 2003 CTRL+O then select your .doc documents. I hope that helps in some small way. "WPenfold" wrote: > Hi, I am trying to convert several hundred mail merge documents from Word > 2003 to Word 2007. Currently, if I double click a document to open it, it > opens in whichever version of Word was run last. What I would like, is for > .DOC files to open in 2003 and .DOCX files to open with 2007. I've tried to > change the file types to do this, but can't make it 'stick'. Any suggestions? |