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I recently upgraded to Office 2016 from Office 2010 and I'm trying to do my college work on Word.
However, when I open Word 2016, do my work then I save it. When I re-open the saved file it opens in Word 2010.
Any help please?

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    Dec 22, 2015 at 18:46

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If you right click the file, there will be an "Open With..." option. When that drop down opens, you will see a "Choose Default Program".

Check the box that says "Always use this program" near the bottom, Office/Word 2016 icons should be listed otherwise you'll have to browse to the Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\WINWORD.EXE (Office14 is 2010).

Then OK and it should work.

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Windows most likely still uses Office 2010 to open your document files. You could either remove Office 2010 from your pc, or change the setting that causes this to happen.

For Windows 10, and I think 7 and 8 as well, you can find Default Programs in the Control Panel. Then pick Set your default programs, find Word 2016 in the list and choose Set this program as default.

From now on document files will be opened in Word 2016 automatically.

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