Help when I click on a document to open it goes to word pad and not Microsoft word?

Answer 1

Right click on the document you want to open, then from the menu that pops up, click "Open With..." and choose Microsoft Word.

Answer 2

Right-click on the document, and choose "Open With..." When the list comes up, choose Microsoft Word as the application you want to use.

This will reset the default, and all of the files of the same type will use Word in the future.

Answer 3

Instead of clicking to open it, hover your cursor over it, and do a right-click. Choose "open with..." Then, "choose program"

Now you may select Word. Near the bottom of the dialog box, you will also want to check "Always use selected program to open this type of file."

Hope this helps!

Answer 4

You can right click and select Open With... and then select Word.

You can also modify your file associations.

This explains how to modify them in Windows XP:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307859

You can also google 'modify file associations ' for instructions specific to your computer.

Answer 5

http://www.aarp.org/learntech/computers/howto/a2004-03-12-fileassociations.html