Doesn't recognize that I have word to open a file

[Cailey]

When clicking on a document online that has a .doc file extension, I get a
window that asks if I want to save or find a program to open the file. I have
Microsoft Word through Office 2000 on my computer and use if successfully all
the time except lately when this happens. It simply doesn't recognize that I
have Word. On the page that opens (Windows File Association) FAQs it says to
right click the link and select the program to use to open the document.
Right clicking does not give me that option however. If I right click, I only
get an option that says "Open", and that causes the same thing to happen.

Any ideas of how I can get my computer to recognize that I already have the
software to open this?

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Cailey -

Save yourself a lot of grief & aggravation - choose the option to download
the file to your hard drive, then open the file from there. What you're
seeing on the web page is simply a link to the actual file, not the file
itself. That, combined with security changes that have taken place over
time, is why it isn't "associating" with Word. This is just a part of the
explanation - and not technically accurate - but it makes the point.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac