You need to install Word on your computer. If you do have Word installed,
make sure you didn't change the program that is associated with .doc files.

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Gary Tsang
Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp


"Denise" <Denise@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> After setting up my new computer to work at home and work all of my
> microsoft
> Word Documents got converted to Wordpad. How do I make it go back? What
> caused this to happen? Any suggestions?