I have a web site, www.frankjones.org. I have many documents for download by
my students. They are all composed in MSWord. When someone tries to
download one of them, IE uses WordPerfect as the program, and many won't
convert. When Mozilla Firefox is used to access the website, it gives a
choice of word processing programs. One can choose MSWord or WordPerfect,
and no conversion is needed. How can I get IE8 to either use MSWord as the
default or give a choice?
Thanks
--
Frank Jones

Have everyone use open office freeware http://www.openoffice.org/


"Frank Jones" <frankjones3********.com> wrote in message
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>I have a web site, www.frankjones.org. I have many documents for download
>by
> my students. They are all composed in MSWord. When someone tries to
> download one of them, IE uses WordPerfect as the program, and many won't
> convert. When Mozilla Firefox is used to access the website, it gives a
> choice of word processing programs. One can choose MSWord or WordPerfect,
> and no conversion is needed. How can I get IE8 to either use MSWord as
> the
> default or give a choice?
> Thanks
> --
> Frank Jones

Hi,
This is a configuration issue on the computers used to download the DOC
files.

There has to be a program installed which can open Word documents such as:
Microsoft Word
Open Office
Wordpad (comes installed with all versions of Windows)
Microsoft Works Word Processor
Word Viewer http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/do...449811033.aspx

The user may have to go to Control Panel> Folder Options> File Types to set
the desired program to open Word DOCs.

I prefer that Word and other Office documents not open in the browser
window. Instructions for changing that are at:
Windows 9x and XP: 162059 - How to Configure Internet Explorer to Open
Office Documents in the Appropriate Office Program Instead of in IE:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=162059

Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/article...lications.html

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"Frank Jones" <frankjones3********.com> wrote in message
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> I have a web site, www.frankjones.org. I have many documents for download
by
> my students. They are all composed in MSWord. When someone tries to
> download one of them, IE uses WordPerfect as the program, and many won't
> convert. When Mozilla Firefox is used to access the website, it gives a
> choice of word processing programs. One can choose MSWord or WordPerfect,
> and no conversion is needed. How can I get IE8 to either use MSWord as
the
> default or give a choice?
> Thanks
> -
> Frank Jones