Open Word document in Word not Internet Explorer

Issue:
You click on a Word .doc file on a website and the file opens in Internet Explorer instead of opening up Microsoft Word. Same may issue with Excel files.

Quick:
In Windows folder options, File Types tab, Select DOC, Click Advanced, uncheck Browse in same window.

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Learning:
You might think this would be fixed with a setting in IE or in Word but no, the fix for this is in Windows.

Open up a Windows Explorer window. One quick way to do this is to press the Windows key (bottom left of keyboard, next to control) and press the e key at the same time.

1. Click on Tools menu
2. Select Folder Options
3. Select “File Types” Tab
4. Select DOC in the “Registered file types” window.
5. Click on Advanced
6. Uncheck the box “Browse in same window”
7. Click OK to save and exit

Link to Microsoft KB with more information.

Outlook shortcuts use currently open IE window

Issue: When you click on a link in Outlook 2000 it opens in a currently open Internet Explorer window instead of opening a new Internet Explorer window. If you were not done reading that webpage you have to navigate back.

Fix:
Make sure Outlook is closed.
In Internet Explorer choose;Tools-> Internet Options-> tab Advanced-> section Browsing-> untick option “Reuse windows for launching shortcuts”
Found this solution at http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/reuseiewindow.htm

FTP and Internet Explorer 7

Many of our users in the past used Internet Explorer 6 browser for connecting to an FTP site to upload/download files. The problem is that with IE7 the process is not as simple.
After you put in the site ftp://whateverftpserver/ and log on, you can see all the files but you can not copy or save anything from the ftp folders.

There is a message in the window that says:
"To view this FTP site in Windows Explorer, click Page, and then click Open FTP Site in Windows Explorer."

If you do this you are prompted to log on again and after doing so you can now copy files to and from the directory (assuming you have rights in the folder).

An easier way is to just open windows explorer from the start and enter the path to the ftp site from there. Doing it this way you only have to log on once and you can start working with files right away.

Zooming and Text size in Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office

You may at times need to zoom in on a web page or on an office document. You can quickly change the font size appearance by doing the following:

While holding down the control (Ctrl) key use your scroll wheel on your mouse to zoom in or out. (If there is a keyboard key you can use instead of a scroll wheel I am not aware of it)

Remember that the changes you make using the ctrl-scroll wheel remain in effect till you change them back. If you are seeing tiny text or very large text on all your browser web pages or Office documents then this setting has probably gotten changed somehow and you can adjust it back using the above method.