Won't recognize file format

When I click on an excel or word document it can't find the application but if I open up an excel or word program first it will open the document in the correct program. How do I correct this "link"?
Terry

Hi Terry!
Do your Office documents have the appropriate file extensions appended to their filenames (.doc, .xls, etc.)? This is imperative for Windows and growing more and more necessary for Mac files.
Hope this helps! bill
1 GHz Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

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Cherichman wrote:
…What next?
• First of all, click on the following link and READ it in its entirety. Then provide basic information.
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