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MODIFYING A FILE TYPE
(Note: this tip should be read in conjunction with
CREATING A NEW FILE TYPE in the Miscellaneous Tips
category.)
As I mentioned above, ".DOC" files are among
the standard file types defined by Windows, and they are
normally to be handled by Microsoft Word. Now suppose you
don't have this program? You can still open this type of
file in the built-in word processing program Windows
WordPad. So in this case you might want to modify the
".DOC" file type so it uses WordPad. To do
this, you would click the "Edit..." button
rather than the "New Type..." button in the
Options File Type dialog box, after first highlighting
the file type you wish to change (by clicking on it),
namely "Microsoft Word 6.0". You will note that
all the file types listed in this dialog box are in
alphabetical order by the "Description of type"
that was entered when they were added.
When the Edit file type dialog box opens up, you can
click on the "Open" action, then the
"Edit" button. Now an "Editing action for
type: Microsoft Word 6.0" dialog box will be
displayed. You then modify the entry for
"Application to perform action" so that it
contains
"C:\Program Files\Accessories\Wordpad.exe".