Microsoft KB Archive/136863

= Opening RTF Document from the Microsoft Network Starts Word =

Article ID: 136863

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2.0a
 * Microsoft Office Word 2003
 * Microsoft Word 2.0c
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q136863



SYMPTOMS
When you link to an Rich Text Format (RTF) document using The Microsoft Network (MSN), the document opens in Word.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs when Word is installed after MSN. Setup installs and registers the RTF converter. As a result, RTF files are associated with Word. (This association allows you to double-click a document icon or object and automatically open the associated application to display the document.)



RESOLUTION
To automatically open RTF documents in an application other than Word, such as WordPad, use Windows Explorer to associate RTF documents with WordPad.

For more information about how to perform this task in Windows, see your Windows printed documentation or online Help.

Additional query words: 2.0 2.0a-cd 6.0 7.0 winword word95 word2 word6 word7 microsoft network msn rtf rich text format download on-line open word97

Keywords: KB136863

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