Office 7.0 Does Not Register Office File Types with Netscape (146605)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Office for Windows 95 7.0a
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 95 7.0a
  • Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95
  • Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95 7.0a
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 95 7.0a
This article was previously published under Q146605

SUMMARY

When you use Netscape to download or to link to an Office document, the Office program that created the file is not automatically started.

CAUSE

The Office 7.0 Setup program does not register the Office file types with Netscape. Office 7.0a and 7.0b do register the Office file types with Netscape.

MORE INFORMATION

The following table lists each Office file extension and its corresponding file type. 
   File extension             File type
   ------------------------------------
   .doc, .dot                 Microsoft Word 6.0 or 7.0 documents
   .xl*                       Microsoft Excel workbooks
   .ppt, .pot                 Microsoft PowerPoint presentations
   .mpp, mpw, .mpt, .mpx      Microsoft Project files
   .obd, .obt                 Office Binder files
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/17/2005
Keywords:KB146605
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