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Word docs saved as WordPerfect

Anonymous
2022-06-26T18:30:32+00:00

I have both Word and WordPerfect on my computer. I have used WordPerfect forever, but recently got Word for a special project. When I save a Word doc to my computer it saves as a WP doc. I have to click Open With when I want to open my Word doc. When I want to attach my Word file to an email, it attaches as WP and changes my formatting. How can I get Word to save Word docs in Word, rather than WP.?

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  1. Stefan Blom 338.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2022-06-26T21:52:21+00:00

    If necessary, you can explicitly set Word (winword.exe) as the default for *.docx and *.dotx files in Windows Settings. (This is generally a more convoluted process in recent versions of Windows than it used to be in older versions.)

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  2. Stefan Blom 338.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2022-06-26T18:58:43+00:00

    The symptoms you describe only mean that WordPerfect is the default for Word documents in Windows. A quick repair of Office should fix the file associations.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-06-26T20:00:13+00:00

    I wish I could say that solved the problem, but my Word docs still save as WP. I followed the instructions and restarted my computer, but no luck ...

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  4. Stefan Blom 338.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2022-06-26T19:28:33+00:00
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  5. Anonymous
    2022-06-26T19:19:43+00:00

    But how do I do that?

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