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How to open word pad files with word

Anonymous
2023-01-20T04:25:22+00:00

If I use the right click of the mouse and select "open with" it does not show Word; if I select file properties and select change to open

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-01-28T05:10:32+00:00

    Hi John:

    Thanks for your reply; I followed your instructions, and this is my status.

    1. Now the, OneDrive is not shown, it looks that a new installation of Office 2016 was made, I almost returned the original installation of Office that I had when I got this laptop; it was not legal, and I decide to buy a Microsoft 365 subscription to have a legal product, and now with your instruction to reinstall the Office and that I had paid a suscrition to get Microsoft 365 I return again to a not legal installation, I have this message in all the components of Office.
    2. The word pad is no longer present; the excel pad also disappeared.
    3. I am not yet satisfied with the installation of Office; I have the message that I am using an illegal product.

    I will appreciate your assistance in my problem.

    Regards

    Juan Trinidad

    Information of my suscription:

    This is the new version of Office that was installed following your instructions

    This notification that I have when I open an Office application

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  2. John Korchok 232.8K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-01-27T03:17:33+00:00

    Your screenshots are of Word and Excel Online, the web browser versions.

    If you haven't already installed the desktop applications, visit the Services & subscriptions page of your Microsoft account. Click on the bar that says Install premium Office apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and more) on your PC or Mac. Download the installer and run it to install the desktop versions of Office.

    Feel free to post again if you're still having problems accessing your Office 2016 files on your computer.

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  3. Charles Kenyon 167.6K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-01-20T16:11:21+00:00

    Within Word, use File > Open.

    Find the file and open it.

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  4. John Korchok 232.8K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-01-20T16:59:19+00:00

    If you add Word to the Send To menu, it will be available when you right-click on any file. To add Word:

    1. Open a File Explorer window.
    2. Paste this into the address bar, then press Return:
      %appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
    3. Paste or drag a shortcut to the Word application.

    Then, in use, right-click on an RTF or other file, choose Send To>Word.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-01-20T07:04:18+00:00

    Hello Juan V,

    Welcome to Microsoft Community and hope you are doing great today!

    I'm Chris Jordan and I'd be glad to assist you with the questions.

    Concerning your query, you can try to use WordPad to open and save text files (. txt), rich text files (. rtf), Word documents (. docx), and OpenDocument text files, you can also try to change the Word format, you can open the existing text file in either Wordpad or Word program by Pressing CTRL+O and browsing to the folder where text file is. Select it and open it. After opening, Save As *. docx to convert into Word format.

    Your kind understanding is highly appreciated. Stay safe and healthy always. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to send them back.

    Best regards,

    Chris Jordan

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