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I am assuming you are using a windows OS?
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I am assuming you are using a windows OS?

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You access the folder options from the explorer window &gt;&nbsp;Tools menu.
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You access the folder options from the explorer window > Tools menu.

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I have Microsoft Word installed, but it won't default to it when I open a doc. &nbsp;How can I make it default to Microsoft Word?
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I have Microsoft Word installed, but it won't default to it when I open a doc.  How can I make it default to Microsoft Word?

Default Word Processor

Microsoft Word is a commercial document editing program that is part of the Microsoft Office suite. It features numerous text-editing tools for creating richly formatted documents, along with tools for the use of macros in Word documents. Word's native file formats are denoted either by a .doc or .docx file extension. Plugins permitting the Windows versions of Word to read and write formats it does not natively support, such as the OpenDocument format (ODF) are available. Word can import and display images in common bitmap formats such as JPG and GIF. It can also be used to create and display simple line-art.

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Office is an integrated suite of applications that includes Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio and InfoPath, along with a number of tools to assist in making the individual components work together. Coding within and between the projects is done in Visual Basic for Applications, known as VBA.