Opening a word file opens a blank document instead

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From: "AelwynB" <AelwynB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:22:03 -0700

When I try to open a document by clicking on its icon either in My
Documents-or anywhere else on my computer, Word 97 opens a blank document,
instead of the one I selected. Any idea on why that happens? And I'm not
talking about trying to open it directly from Word, but instead by opening
the file from where it exists on the computer (like going into my documents
and opening it from there). I want to be able to just double click the file,
and have it open directly. Any help would be appreciated.
.

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