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From: azhz on 20 Nov 2009 03:49
I am using Office 2003. Recently I received an email with a Word 2007
attachment (docx). I noticed that the icon for the attachment shows Excel
icon. When I double-click on the attachment, it launches Excel and I can only
see garbage as the document is a word document. I asked the sender to send to
another friend with Office 2003 but I can see the icon is in Word.

Has anyone ever had this before? Please help. Is there any setting on the PC
that I need to check? BTW, if the document is in Word 2003, no problem.
From: JoAnn Paules on 20 Nov 2009 08:34
Your computer thinks it's supposed to use Excel to view a .docx.

How to change file associations in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307859


How do I... Change file extension associations in Windows Vista?
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-6172036.html




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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


"azhz" <azhz(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:50A5EB21-0EEB-443B-B2DD-2B602193D418(a)microsoft.com...
>I am using Office 2003. Recently I received an email with a Word 2007
> attachment (docx). I noticed that the icon for the attachment shows Excel
> icon. When I double-click on the attachment, it launches Excel and I can
> only
> see garbage as the document is a word document. I asked the sender to send
> to
> another friend with Office 2003 but I can see the icon is in Word.
>
> Has anyone ever had this before? Please help. Is there any setting on the
> PC
> that I need to check? BTW, if the document is in Word 2003, no problem.


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