Windows 10: Best Forum for Word 97, Word 2010 Problems?

I'm an old guy in poor health trying to make the transition from Word 97 running under Windows XP to Word 2010 running under Windows 10. (I recently bought a refurbished PC running Windows 10 and Word 2010 through a program that provides affordable computers to low income folks like me).

On my old XP PC I had set up Word 97 with an embedded macro to automatically open four files of "to do" lists and the like. I'd like to do the same thing in Word 2010, but can't even figure out how to just manually get Word 2010 to let me open up these four files side by side in a single Word Window like this:




Since these are both really old versions of Word, I'm wondering if you might know of a forum where I might find some folks who can help me with these outdated programs.

Will in Seattle
a.k.a. "Clueless"

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Windows 10 and Word 2010 issue


Hello,
I recently upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 7 Ultimate on my Dell Studio 1749 Laptop. I am currently running Office 2010. My issue is that when I download and try to open protected documents sent as email attachments, Word 2010 will not open them once they download. I have no problem opening documents that are not protect enabled. Any suggestions here? Most of my work documents come as protect enabled Word docs.

Thanks!

 

How do I set Word 2010 as the default program for word documents?

I originally had Microsoft Word 2010 installed on Windows 7. I upgraded to Windows 10 and purchased Office 365. So I have both Word 2010 and 2016 installed.

I am having issues with compatibility, see How do I get Word 2016 to render text the same way that World 2010 did.

In the meantime, I would like to set the default app for .doc and .docx to be Word 2010. I have done this in previous versions of Windows but can't see to get it work in Windows 10 (they have really dumbed it down). Here is what I have tried:

Use Right-click

1. Right-click on a .doc file and select "Open With"
   
2. A dialog display with "How do you want to open this file?" Word 2016 is an option. Other options include "Look for an app in the Store" and "More apps". There is also an option for "Always use this app to open .doc files.
   
3. I click on More apps/ Word 2010 is not one of the options! But Wordpad is. The last option in the list is "Look for another app on this PC"
   
4. I click the "Always use this app to open .doc files" and click on "Look for another app on this PC"
   
5. I find Word 2010 on the file system. However, Word 2016 is launched!!!
   

I also tried several options in "Default Programs" settings. Anytime I tried to select Word 2010, it would continue to use Word 2016.

 

Unable to use Word 2010. Why?

Hi Regina,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I understand your inconvenience. Don’t worry. We will assist to resolve this issue.

• Is the issue specific to this application?
• Are you able to open any other Word files in any other location like Desktop?
• What happens when you try to open word docs? Does you get any error?

If the issue is only with word, I would suggest you to post in Office forums

Word Forum

Reply with the necessary information to troubleshoot your issue better.