Word 2008: Finder Doc Icon is generic doc icon

This isn't a big deal, but the Finder's icons for a Word doc seem to be the generic looking doc icon rather than the Word Doc icon. How do I fix that?

View menu --> Show View Options --> Show document preview: uncheck it.

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