when opening a .xls file it seems to want to open in word, what d

When I attempt to open an Excel file (not through Excel) by double cliccking
on file, the default appears to be word, so cannot read file correctly.
Please advise what I have to do to make sure correct extension is read to
open file correctl;y.
Thankyou
Denise

Denise,

You should always try and open Excel files within Excel or from explorer.
Why would you want to open an Excel file in Word?

Ewan.

"deniseh" wrote:

> When I attempt to open an Excel file (not through Excel) by double cliccking
> on file, the default appears to be word, so cannot read file correctly.
> Please advise what I have to do to make sure correct extension is read to
> open file correctl;y.
> Thankyou
> Denise

Hi

Go to My Computer and click on C drive. Go to Tools/Folder Options/File Type
tab. In that list there must be an entry for .xls If you click on Change,
you can set the program to open it with from there.

Andy.


"deniseh" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> When I attempt to open an Excel file (not through Excel) by double
> cliccking
> on file, the default appears to be word, so cannot read file correctly.
> Please advise what I have to do to make sure correct extension is read to
> open file correctl;y.
> Thankyou
> Denise

Sorry, maybe my question is not very clear, it isn't me trying to open an
Excel file in Word, but that when I try to open an Excel file, say as an
attachment in Outlook the default appears as Word not Excel. It is as though
the file is being read as a .doc file not .xls.
Thanks for your time
Regards
Denise

"ewan7279" wrote:

> Denise,
>
> You should always try and open Excel files within Excel or from explorer.
> Why would you want to open an Excel file in Word?
>
> Ewan.
>
> "deniseh" wrote:
>
> > When I attempt to open an Excel file (not through Excel) by double cliccking
> > on file, the default appears to be word, so cannot read file correctly.
> > Please advise what I have to do to make sure correct extension is read to
> > open file correctl;y.
> > Thankyou
> > Denise

Sorry Denise - didn't understand. Andy's solution should do the trick.

"deniseh" wrote:

> Sorry, maybe my question is not very clear, it isn't me trying to open an
> Excel file in Word, but that when I try to open an Excel file, say as an
> attachment in Outlook the default appears as Word not Excel. It is as though
> the file is being read as a .doc file not .xls.
> Thanks for your time
> Regards
> Denise
>
> "ewan7279" wrote:
>
> > Denise,
> >
> > You should always try and open Excel files within Excel or from explorer.
> > Why would you want to open an Excel file in Word?
> >
> > Ewan.
> >
> > "deniseh" wrote:
> >
> > > When I attempt to open an Excel file (not through Excel) by double cliccking
> > > on file, the default appears to be word, so cannot read file correctly.
> > > Please advise what I have to do to make sure correct extension is read to
> > > open file correctl;y.
> > > Thankyou
> > > Denise