Change default TIF viewer?

I have a new laptop. When I configured it, I selected "Windows Picture and
Fax Viewer" as default for working with faxed attachments to my emails. How
can I switch the default fax viewer to MS Office Document Imaging?

See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307859 "How to change file
associations in Windows XP".

Eric in Oregon wrote:

> I have a new laptop. When I configured it, I selected "Windows Picture and
> Fax Viewer" as default for working with faxed attachments to my emails. How
> can I switch the default fax viewer to MS Office Document Imaging?

Right click one of your files. Choose open with and add a check to the option
Always open this file with this program.

hth
--
Maurice Ausum


"Eric in Oregon" wrote:

> I have a new laptop. When I configured it, I selected "Windows Picture and
> Fax Viewer" as default for working with faxed attachments to my emails. How
> can I switch the default fax viewer to MS Office Document Imaging?

If it's a new laptop, then it's probably running Vista, and the methods for
changing associations are a little different.

1. In Windows Explorer, right-click a .tif file, and choose Open With -
Choose Default Program.

2. In the Open With dialog, if the program you want to use is listed,
great... click on it, tick "Always use the selected program to open this
kind of file", then click OK.

3. If the program you want to use is not listed, then click Browse... make
sure that "Always use..." is ticked when you get back to the Open With
dialog.

4. If the program you want to use is not already on your computer, then
click the "look for the appropriate program on the Web" link.

If Open With - Choose Default Program is not available in step 1, then click
the Vista globe (start button), type Default Programs into the Start Search
box, click on Default Programs in the list that appears, then click on the
"Associate a fle type or protocol with a program" link in the Control
Panel/Programs/Default Programs dialog. Find .tif in the list of extensions,
select it, and click on Change program. You'll probably want to do the same
for .tiff.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" <garfieldnodie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:efHCUyM0HHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307859 "How to change file
> associations in Windows XP".
>
> Eric in Oregon wrote:
>
>> I have a new laptop. When I configured it, I selected "Windows Picture
>> and Fax Viewer" as default for working with faxed attachments to my
>> emails. How can I switch the default fax viewer to MS Office Document
>> Imaging?
>

Thanks garfield, is just what I needed. Thanks a bunch.

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:

> See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307859 "How to change file
> associations in Windows XP".
>
> Eric in Oregon wrote:
>
> > I have a new laptop. When I configured it, I selected "Windows Picture and
> > Fax Viewer" as default for working with faxed attachments to my emails. How
> > can I switch the default fax viewer to MS Office Document Imaging?
>
>

Thanks, Herb. My laptop runs on XP and the first post got my problem solved.
Thanks very much.

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

> If it's a new laptop, then it's probably running Vista, and the methods for
> changing associations are a little different.
>
> 1. In Windows Explorer, right-click a .tif file, and choose Open With -
> Choose Default Program.
>
> 2. In the Open With dialog, if the program you want to use is listed,
> great... click on it, tick "Always use the selected program to open this
> kind of file", then click OK.
>
> 3. If the program you want to use is not listed, then click Browse... make
> sure that "Always use..." is ticked when you get back to the Open With
> dialog.
>
> 4. If the program you want to use is not already on your computer, then
> click the "look for the appropriate program on the Web" link.
>
> If Open With - Choose Default Program is not available in step 1, then click
> the Vista globe (start button), type Default Programs into the Start Search
> box, click on Default Programs in the list that appears, then click on the
> "Associate a fle type or protocol with a program" link in the Control
> Panel/Programs/Default Programs dialog. Find .tif in the list of extensions,
> select it, and click on Change program. You'll probably want to do the same
> for .tiff.
>
> --
> Herb Tyson MS MVP
> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
>
>
> "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" <garfieldnodie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:efHCUyM0HHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> > See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307859 "How to change file
> > associations in Windows XP".
> >
> > Eric in Oregon wrote:
> >
> >> I have a new laptop. When I configured it, I selected "Windows Picture
> >> and Fax Viewer" as default for working with faxed attachments to my
> >> emails. How can I switch the default fax viewer to MS Office Document
> >> Imaging?
> >
>