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Hack 8 Force Internet Explorer to Hand Off Word Documents

Trying to edit a Word document from a browser
window is like typing with mittens on. This hack shows you how to
stop Word documents from opening in Internet Explorer.

When you follow a hyperlink
in Internet Explorer that leads to a
Word document, the file opens right within the browser window. The
resulting combination of toolbars and menus, as shown in Figure 2-15, can make editing a challenge. Some of the
Word menus are there, but where are the toolbars? A better way is to
leave Internet Explorer out of the equation and force Word documents
to open in...well, Word.

Figure 2-15. Editing a Word document from Internet Explorer is no easy feat

Select StartMy Computer. Next, select ToolsFolder
Options and click the File Types tab.

Scroll down the list of "Registered file
types" and select "DOC Microsoft
Word Document," as shown in Figure 2-16.

Figure 2-16. Find the DOC file extension in your list of known file types

Now click the Advanced button at the bottom of the dialog and
uncheck the "Browse in same
window" box in the resulting Edit File Type dialog,
as shown in Figure 2-17.

Figure 2-17. With this setting turned off, Word files opened from Internet Explorer will open in Word

Click the OK button to accept the new setting and close the Folder
Options dialog. Now whenever you click on a link that leads to a Word
document, the document will open in Worda simple solution
obfuscated by a hard-to-find setting.

You can apply this same technique to other Office files, such as PowerPoint (PPT) or Excel (XLS) documents.

2.7.1 Hacking the Hack

If you need to apply this fix to multiple computers, you can set up a
.reg file to automate the change. A
.reg file is a text file executed by Windows to
modify the registry; you can use it to make multiple changes to the
Windows registry without going into the registry itself. The
following example code also makes the change for Excel and PowerPoint
files, but you can leave out those files if you prefer.

The registry stores vital system information. You should set a system restore point before you make any changes to the registry. To do so, select StartControl PanelPerformance and MaintenanceSystem Restore (the location of System Restore may vary, depending on how you've configured Windows).

Enter the following code into a text editor (such as Notepad):

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Word.Document.8]
@="Microsoft Word Document"
"EditFlags"=dword:00010000
"BrowserFlags"=dword:00000008
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Excel.Sheet.8]
@="Microsoft Excel Worksheet"
"EditFlags"=dword:00010000
"BrowserFlags"=dword:00000008
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\PowerPoint.Show.8]
@="Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation"
"EditFlags"=dword:00010000
"BrowserFlags"=dword:00000008

Save the file with a descriptive name, like
OpenOfficeDocsInOffice.reg, and close the text
editor. To run the .reg file, just double-click
it.

Gus Perez and Omar Shahine