Opening downloaded .doc files

I cannot set the default for downloaded .doc files to MS Word. Help

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What happens when you right click on the .doc , select properties, (general tab) and view "opens with"?
There is a change button, then select "other programs".
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> Hello everyone. I'm way more comfortable in the graphics
world, but I've
> been
> doing more web design this past year, trying to
integrate both.
>
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out how to insert
> downloadable .doc files onto a page for a job I'm doing.
I'm looking to
> just
> have a link that the user can click on to have the .doc
file download to
> their
> machine's desktop (or into Microsoft Word, I guess). Any
assistance that
> anyone
> could offer would be greatly appreciated - thanks in
advance!
>

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