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I was wondering if your default Save As had been changed and whether
you were inadvertently saving your documents as RTF. :-)

If it just started happening then have you ran a virus scan lately?
Word simply reads a portion of your document and selects the
appropriate converter based on the file contents. So something is
stored in the documents which leads Word to think they are RTF.

In the interim, keep the Confirm Conversions option turned on and
select Word Documents.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
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MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/


"STEVE" <STEVE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:FC9531ED-2595-47AB-8402-F529B46605FE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Save as IS defaulted to word doc.
> What is the "appropriate" program to convert from? The list doesn't
> include
> Word 97, which is what I have.
> This is happening to ALL of my Word docs all of a sudden, (after
> downloading
> MS Word updates, converters), not just the new ones.
> They ARE saved as Word doc, but still want to open as RTF, and the
> columns
> are not aligned properly and a logo is not showing up.
> Please help!
> Steve
>
> "Beth Melton" wrote:
>
>> If you don't have "Confirm Conversions" turned on then Word will
>> automatically open the document with the converter it "thinks"
>> should
>> be used - the one you see selected in the list.
>>
>> If the RTF format is selected, and it isn't saved as RTF, then
>> there
>> is something in the file that Word is interpreting as RTF format.
>> As a
>> result it is automatically opening your document using RTF instead
>> of
>> the Word Document format.
>>
>> You'll need to keep the Confirm Conversions option turned on and
>> when
>> it displays select the appropriate format. Then make sure you use
>> File/Save As and save it as a Word Document file type.
>>
>> If this started happening on new documents only then go to
>> Tools/Options/Save and make sure the default Save file type is Word
>> Documents and not RTF.
>>
>> Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
>> assistance by email can not be acknowledged.
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Beth Melton
>> Microsoft Office MVP
>>
>> Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
>> TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
>> MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/
>>
>>
>> "STEVE" <STEVE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:5B54E92A-E058-4C4F-8B64-43027C70E67B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > OH, sorry...It wants to open with RTF rich text format.
>> >
>> > "Beth Melton" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I kinda need to know the answer to my second question. :-)
>> >>
>> >> Turn "Confirm Conversion" back on and open the file. Which
>> >> converter
>> >> is selected in the list?
>>
>> >> "STEVE" <STEVE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:96FDAF08-21A8-44A5-85AA-70ED9B10ED15@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> > Hi Beth,
>> >> > Ok, I unchecked "Confirm Conversion, now it opens
>> >> > automatically
>> >> > with Word.
>> >> > I opened the document and it's columns were aligned correctly
>> >> > and
>> >> > the Logo
>> >> > showed up as it did before this problem.
>> >> > HOWEVER, now I've just opened it again, and columns a a little
>> >> > out
>> >> > of
>> >> > alignment and the Logo is missing.
>> >> > What might I do?
>> >> > Thanks,
>> >> > Steve
>>
>>
>>


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