Word doc opens wanting different aps

I had a hard drive go bad...I recovered a lot of docs from a small BU drive BUT when I try to open any of them, a box comes up w/ a 'selection' to open in. None of them will open any of the BU'ed doc's. Can anyone help, please??????
TIA, Jack

Is Word in the list of options?
Have you tried opening from Word, rather than double-clicking the file?
Is the filename extension still .doc?
If you "Get Info" for one of the files, can you set "Open with" to Word? And if so, can you then open it?

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Hi c3 cyber club,
Unfortunately FormCentral and Echosign are two different services and forms created in Forms central can only be submitted via and to Forms Central.
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I have a small problem I thought I could fix without bothering anyone here.
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