Windows 10: WORD documents showing up as WordPad

Discus and support WORD documents showing up as WordPad in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; I am opening Word Documents and they are coming up as WordPad which I don't want. How do I bring them up as WORD and save them as WORD?... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by RobertCobe, Aug 31, 2019.

  1. ROBERTCOBE
    RobertCobe Win User

    WORD documents showing up as WordPad


    I am opening Word Documents and they are coming up as WordPad which I don't want. How do I bring them up as WORD and save them as WORD?

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    RobertCobe, Aug 31, 2019
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  2. WHS
    whs Win User

    word documents saved as wordpad documents


    Use 'Save as' and choose from the list of options.


    WORD documents showing up as WordPad [​IMG]
     
    whs, Aug 31, 2019
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  3. STONEFLY
    stonefly Win User
    word to wordpad


    The Word documents are showing up as .doc rather than .docx. I followed your suggestion, but when I tried to open the document I got the same song and dance from Microsoft, specifically, "Buy Microsoft Word". There must be some way out of this dilemma. Microsoft has hijacked all my documents and is holding them for ransom.
     
    stonefly, Aug 31, 2019
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  4. BREE
    Bree Win User

    WORD documents showing up as WordPad

    word to wordpad


    Right-click on the .doc, choose 'Open with...' and select Wordpad. If Wordpad opens it correctly, repeat the exercise, this time ticking the 'Always open with...' box. If Wordpad shows a jumble of weird text, then that particular .doc may well be a genuine Word document. You'll need software that can handle the Word format, either from Microsoft or one of the 'office equivalents' - LibreOffice (the one I would choose) or OpenOffice.

    As you said...
    ...it may well be that they really are in Word format. Did you have Word (or its equivalent) on the machine you imported from?

    Do you still have that machine? If so you could open the documents and save in a format that Wordpad understands - .rtf is a 'lowest common denominator' understood by most apps.
     
    Bree, Aug 31, 2019
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