Microsoft KB Archive/146605

= Office 7.0 Does Not Register Office File Types with Netscape =

Article ID: 146605

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office 95a
 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 95a
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a

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This article was previously published under Q146605



SUMMARY
When you use Netscape to download or to link to an Office document, the Office program that created the file is not automatically started.



CAUSE
The Office 7.0 Setup program does not register the Office file types with Netscape. Office 7.0a and 7.0b do register the Office file types with Netscape.



MORE INFORMATION
The following table lists each Office file extension and its corresponding file type.   File extension             File type .doc, .dot                Microsoft Word 6.0 or 7.0 documents .xl*                      Microsoft Excel workbooks .ppt, .pot                Microsoft PowerPoint presentations .mpp, mpw, .mpt, .mpx     Microsoft Project files .obd, .obt                Office Binder files

Additional query words: OFF7

Keywords: KB146605

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