Windows XP and WORD

[AlwaysNYer]

I wanted to dowload a form and be able to "fill in the blanks" as I did with
my old windows 98 word program. Now, with windows XP I'm told I can't do
that? I downloaded the form but when I try to open it, I get this message
"this file does not have a program associated with it for preforming this
action. Create an association in the Folder Options control panel. This is
GREEK to me. Any suggestions? Thanks

[steve]

Have you installed office ??? word is not part of windows xp in fact has
never been part of any windows OS

"AlwaysNYer" wrote:

> I wanted to dowload a form and be able to "fill in the blanks" as I did with
> my old windows 98 word program. Now, with windows XP I'm told I can't do
> that? I downloaded the form but when I try to open it, I get this message
> "this file does not have a program associated with it for preforming this
> action. Create an association in the Folder Options control panel. This is
> GREEK to me. Any suggestions? Thanks

[Clark Griswold]

"AlwaysNYer" > wrote in message
...
>I wanted to dowload a form and be able to "fill in the blanks" as I did
>with
> my old windows 98 word program. Now, with windows XP I'm told I can't do
> that? I downloaded the form but when I try to open it, I get this message
> "this file does not have a program associated with it for preforming this
> action. Create an association in the Folder Options control panel. This
> is
> GREEK to me. Any suggestions? Thanks

Try associating it to WordPad, if that doesn't work try the free MS Word
viewer. Since you want to "fill in the blanks" you must be able to write to
the file, MS Word viewer can't do this.

If none of the above work, buy a copy of Word or try one of the free office
type apps.

[Ken Blake]

In ,
AlwaysNYer > typed:

> I wanted to dowload a form and be able to "fill in the blanks"
> as I
> did with my old windows 98 word program. Now, with windows XP
> I'm
> told I can't do that? I downloaded the form but when I try to
> open
> it, I get this message "this file does not have a program
> associated
> with it for preforming this action. Create an association in
> the
> Folder Options control panel. This is GREEK to me. Any
> suggestions?


First of all, note this has nothing to do with Windows 98 vs
WIndows XP. This is an issue regarding the application programs
that you have or don't have installed in your computer.

What kind of file is the form you're tring to open? Specifically
what is the extension (the the last three characters of the file
name, after the dot)?

If the file's extension is .doc, it's a Microsoft Word document
file. If you're trying to open a .doc file and you're getting the
above message, it's very likely that you don't have Microsoft
Word installed on your computer. If you exepected Word to come
with Windows XP, sorry to tell you that it doesn't come with
Windows XP, nor did it come with Windows 98 (nor with any other
version of Windows). It may have come with your previous
*computer*, because the vendor who sold it you bundled it with
the computer, but it wasn't a part of the operating system.

Post back with more info for advice on how to proceed.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

[AlwaysNYer]

Thanks Ken, I now realize that you are correct and my old HP PC was a
reconditioned model that had many, shall I say "upgrades." I had used it to
fill out leases and it was always so convenient. Thankfully, I still have it
and will just use the old HP for those jobs. Again, thanks for your
assistance.

"Ken Blake" wrote:

> In ,
> AlwaysNYer > typed:
>
> > I wanted to dowload a form and be able to "fill in the blanks"
> > as I
> > did with my old windows 98 word program. Now, with windows XP
> > I'm
> > told I can't do that? I downloaded the form but when I try to
> > open
> > it, I get this message "this file does not have a program
> > associated
> > with it for preforming this action. Create an association in
> > the
> > Folder Options control panel. This is GREEK to me. Any
> > suggestions?
>
>
> First of all, note this has nothing to do with Windows 98 vs
> WIndows XP. This is an issue regarding the application programs
> that you have or don't have installed in your computer.
>
> What kind of file is the form you're tring to open? Specifically
> what is the extension (the the last three characters of the file
> name, after the dot)?
>
> If the file's extension is .doc, it's a Microsoft Word document
> file. If you're trying to open a .doc file and you're getting the
> above message, it's very likely that you don't have Microsoft
> Word installed on your computer. If you exepected Word to come
> with Windows XP, sorry to tell you that it doesn't come with
> Windows XP, nor did it come with Windows 98 (nor with any other
> version of Windows). It may have come with your previous
> *computer*, because the vendor who sold it you bundled it with
> the computer, but it wasn't a part of the operating system.
>
> Post back with more info for advice on how to proceed.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>

[Ken Blake]

In ,
AlwaysNYer > typed:

> Thanks Ken, I now realize that you are correct and my old HP PC
> was a
> reconditioned model that had many, shall I say "upgrades." I
> had
> used it to fill out leases and it was always so convenient.
> Thankfully, I still have it and will just use the old HP for
> those
> jobs. Again, thanks for your assistance.


You're welcome. Glad to help.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup


> "Ken Blake" wrote:
>
>> In ,
>> AlwaysNYer > typed:
>>
>>> I wanted to dowload a form and be able to "fill in the
>>> blanks"
>>> as I
>>> did with my old windows 98 word program. Now, with windows
>>> XP
>>> I'm
>>> told I can't do that? I downloaded the form but when I try
>>> to
>>> open
>>> it, I get this message "this file does not have a program
>>> associated
>>> with it for preforming this action. Create an association in
>>> the
>>> Folder Options control panel. This is GREEK to me. Any
>>> suggestions?
>>
>>
>> First of all, note this has nothing to do with Windows 98 vs
>> WIndows XP. This is an issue regarding the application
>> programs
>> that you have or don't have installed in your computer.
>>
>> What kind of file is the form you're tring to open?
>> Specifically
>> what is the extension (the the last three characters of the
>> file
>> name, after the dot)?
>>
>> If the file's extension is .doc, it's a Microsoft Word
>> document
>> file. If you're trying to open a .doc file and you're getting
>> the
>> above message, it's very likely that you don't have Microsoft
>> Word installed on your computer. If you exepected Word to
>> come
>> with Windows XP, sorry to tell you that it doesn't come with
>> Windows XP, nor did it come with Windows 98 (nor with any
>> other
>> version of Windows). It may have come with your previous
>> *computer*, because the vendor who sold it you bundled it with
>> the computer, but it wasn't a part of the operating system.
>>
>> Post back with more info for advice on how to proceed.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup