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In all versions of Windows with all versions of Microsoft Office, the file
type for Office files appears in file lists as "Microsoft Office ...". When the file type column is narrow (as is usually the case) all you see is "Microsoft Off..." or something similar. The display would be more informative if the individual product name was placed before the package name. If Word was displayed as "Word document - Microsoft Office" instead of "Microsoft Office Word document", users could easily see which file belonged to which applications. Most of my files appear in the file type column as "Microsoft Office..." giving me little information as to the exact type. Thank you |
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All fine here, winXP & win2k & Vista
"KenWi11iams" wrote in message ... In all versions of Windows with all versions of Microsoft Office, the file type for Office files appears in file lists as "Microsoft Office ...". When the file type column is narrow (as is usually the case) all you see is "Microsoft Off..." or something similar. The display would be more informative if the individual product name was placed before the package name. If Word was displayed as "Word document - Microsoft Office" instead of "Microsoft Office Word document", users could easily see which file belonged to which applications. Most of my files appear in the file type column as "Microsoft Office..." giving me little information as to the exact type. Thank you |
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Whenever you are opening or saving a file, if you have "show details" on, the
file type column tends to show only "Microsoft Office..." This problem occurs on Win7, Vista, XP, NT etc. "DL" wrote: All fine here, winXP & win2k & Vista "KenWi11iams" wrote in message ... In all versions of Windows with all versions of Microsoft Office, the file type for Office files appears in file lists as "Microsoft Office ...". When the file type column is narrow (as is usually the case) all you see is "Microsoft Off..." or something similar. The display would be more informative if the individual product name was placed before the package name. If Word was displayed as "Word document - Microsoft Office" instead of "Microsoft Office Word document", users could easily see which file belonged to which applications. Most of my files appear in the file type column as "Microsoft Office..." giving me little information as to the exact type. Thank you |
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You can thank the Microsoft Marketing Department.
Daddy ;-) "KenWi11iams" wrote in message ... In all versions of Windows with all versions of Microsoft Office, the file type for Office files appears in file lists as "Microsoft Office ...". When the file type column is narrow (as is usually the case) all you see is "Microsoft Off..." or something similar. The display would be more informative if the individual product name was placed before the package name. If Word was displayed as "Word document - Microsoft Office" instead of "Microsoft Office Word document", users could easily see which file belonged to which applications. Most of my files appear in the file type column as "Microsoft Office..." giving me little information as to the exact type. Thank you |
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You can change that in Windows Explorer. Or you can just make your columns a
little wider so you can see the entiore string of text. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "KenWi11iams" wrote in message ... Whenever you are opening or saving a file, if you have "show details" on, the file type column tends to show only "Microsoft Office..." This problem occurs on Win7, Vista, XP, NT etc. "DL" wrote: All fine here, winXP & win2k & Vista "KenWi11iams" wrote in message ... In all versions of Windows with all versions of Microsoft Office, the file type for Office files appears in file lists as "Microsoft Office ...". When the file type column is narrow (as is usually the case) all you see is "Microsoft Off..." or something similar. The display would be more informative if the individual product name was placed before the package name. If Word was displayed as "Word document - Microsoft Office" instead of "Microsoft Office Word document", users could easily see which file belonged to which applications. Most of my files appear in the file type column as "Microsoft Office..." giving me little information as to the exact type. Thank you |
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I have no issues with either saving or opening but then perhaps because I
rarely open from with the Office component "KenWi11iams" wrote in message ... Whenever you are opening or saving a file, if you have "show details" on, the file type column tends to show only "Microsoft Office..." This problem occurs on Win7, Vista, XP, NT etc. "DL" wrote: All fine here, winXP & win2k & Vista "KenWi11iams" wrote in message ... In all versions of Windows with all versions of Microsoft Office, the file type for Office files appears in file lists as "Microsoft Office ...". When the file type column is narrow (as is usually the case) all you see is "Microsoft Off..." or something similar. The display would be more informative if the individual product name was placed before the package name. If Word was displayed as "Word document - Microsoft Office" instead of "Microsoft Office Word document", users could easily see which file belonged to which applications. Most of my files appear in the file type column as "Microsoft Office..." giving me little information as to the exact type. Thank you |
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Just stretch out the open/save window and/or move the columns over to
see more info and/or right click the column headers to include more details to better define what you're seeing and/or you can type *.doc (or *.docx) in the input box and then ONLY those types of files will be displayed. Dian D. Chapman Technical Consultant, Microsoft MVP MOS Certified Instructor, Editor/TechTrax Ezine Tech Editor for Word & Office 2007 Bibles https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Dian.Chapman Dian's Soldiers' Angels Blankets http://www.mousetrax.com/dian/angels.html Free Word Tricks eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html Learn VBA the easy way: http://www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html Free Computer Tutorials: http://www.techtrax.us On Fri, 2 Oct 2009 09:45:01 -0700, KenWi11iams wrote: Whenever you are opening or saving a file, if you have "show details" on, the file type column tends to show only "Microsoft Office..." This problem occurs on Win7, Vista, XP, NT etc. "DL" wrote: All fine here, winXP & win2k & Vista "KenWi11iams" wrote in message ... In all versions of Windows with all versions of Microsoft Office, the file type for Office files appears in file lists as "Microsoft Office ...". When the file type column is narrow (as is usually the case) all you see is "Microsoft Off..." or something similar. The display would be more informative if the individual product name was placed before the package name. If Word was displayed as "Word document - Microsoft Office" instead of "Microsoft Office Word document", users could easily see which file belonged to which applications. Most of my files appear in the file type column as "Microsoft Office..." giving me little information as to the exact type. Thank you |
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Wow, you didn't get very helpful replies here! I came here looking for the same thing, and I found a solution. It takes a bit of effort, but it works. I suppose I could write a .reg file to automate it, but I am being a bit lazy. Go in the registry to "My Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\". For each entry under that section like Access.xxxxx or Excel.xxxxx or Word.xxxxx, PowerPoint.xxxxx, etc., edit the "(Default)" value to take out the words "Microsoft Office " at the beginning (include the space after "Office".) Then you have to reboot for it to take effect. -- mrofone |
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Sorry, but I am new here and I can't figure out how to edit my previous post, so I will just post a new comment. Ignore what I wrote previously, there is a much easier way to do this. In Windows XP, go to Windows Explorer. In the menu bar, click -Tools-,- Folder Options-. On the -File Types- tab, find the file type you want to change. Highlight it, then click the -Advanced -button. Edit the description at the top of the new window, then click -Ok-. Repeat as necessary. Then just close and re-open explorer to see the results. I hope that helps. -- mrofone |
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This is a actually a newsgroup, so you can't edit posts that have
propagated to all the news servers around the world, including the ones that expired the the old thread you apparently intended to reply to. Please be aware that unless you quote what you are replying to, most folks aren't going to know what you are talking about, because there isn't any reference any more. undisclosed wrote: Sorry, but I am new here and I can't figure out how to edit my previous post, so I will just post a new comment. Ignore what I wrote previously, there is a much easier way to do this. In Windows XP, go to Windows Explorer. In the menu bar, click -Tools-,- Folder Options-. On the -File Types- tab, find the file type you want to change. Highlight it, then click the -Advanced -button. Edit the description at the top of the new window, then click -Ok-. Repeat as necessary. Then just close and re-open explorer to see the results. I hope that helps. |
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