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Q166059: WV: Documents Open in Word, Not Word Viewer, on Windows NT 3.51

Article: Q166059
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbusage kbdta kbviewer word97
Last Modified: 19-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word Viewer 97-2000 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you are running Microsoft Word Viewer 97-2000 and Microsoft Word 6.0x on
Windows NT 3.51, double-clicking a document always starts Word 6.0x instead of
Microsoft Word Viewer 97-2000, even if you have selected the option to open
documents with Word Viewer.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION
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The problem does not occur if you are running versions of Windows NT that are
later than 3.51 or versions of Microsoft Word that are later than 6.0x.

NOTE: If you select the option to open documents with Word Viewer, .rtf (Rich
Text Format) files are opened in Word Viewer.


REFERENCES
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For more information about Word Viewer 97-2000, please see the following
Knowledge Base article:

  

  Q165908 WV: How to Obtain Microsoft Word Viewers

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbusage kbdta kbviewer word97 
Technology        : kbWordViewerSearch kbViewerSearch kbWordViewer97
Version           : WINDOWS:
Issue type        : kbbug

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