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WordPad wonīt save as *.doc
Name: JP Date: January 6, 2003 at 00:44:53 Pacific OS: XP Pro CPU/Ram: 800/256
Comment:
My WordPad can open several file types, including *.doc, but after Iīve edited a MS Word document and I want to save my work, the only file type options for saving are RTF, Text, MS-DOS Text and Unicode.
However, itīs possible to save as a *.doc-file if I type "filename.doc" within quotation marks, but *.doc is not an option in the dropdown menu.
Name: -Bryan- Date: January 6, 2003 at 02:56:32 Pacific
Reply:
That's correct. .doc is not an option in my dropdown menu either. Probably just an intentional MS thing to try to get you to purchase Word. ;)
-=Bryan=-
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Response Number 2
Name: JP Date: January 6, 2003 at 07:29:25 Pacific
Reply:
Ok, so this is the way it was intended to be by M$? Well, I have Word too, but like WordPad better for pure writing purposes and I think itīs plain stupid that WordPad doesnīt have save as *.doc in the drop down-menus.
Is there any registry hack or such to get around this? You obviously can save files as .doc, but not the easy way.
/JP
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Response Number 3
Name: -Bryan- Date: January 6, 2003 at 12:44:16 Pacific
Reply:
Yeah...I know the feeling. Unfortunately, something like that I believe would be hard-coded into the actual code itself. I can't imagine a registry hack would be able to fix that. I did a couple searches and couldn't find anything. =(
-=Bryan=-
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Name: JP Date: January 6, 2003 at 13:46:07 Pacific
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