Office 7.0 Does Not Register Office File Types with Netscape

 Last reviewed: September 16, 1996
Article ID: Q146605
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0
  • Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0a
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0a
  • Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0
  • Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0a
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0a

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

KBCategory: kbfixlist
KBSubcategory: offwin

Additional reference words: 7.00 OFF7



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Last reviewed: September 16, 1996
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