Learn MS Word For Legal -?How To Affect How Your Documents Open.

I was attempting to show the student the Open and Repair function. As you know in order to use this, while in MS Word, you go to File, Open and browse for the file that you wish to run the Open and Repair feature. 

When you find the file, you click on the document once to select it then you click on the down arrow on the right side of the Open button and select Open and Repair.

But, the student could not do that because as soon as she clicked the file, it immediately opened up and prevented her from using the Open and Repair feature. The info below will show you how to change the options in the folder menu so that it does not react from just one click.

I would rather not have the one click selection because it limits my control over the document. If there is a problem with the document where someone sent you a virus or you want to run, like we tried, an Open and Repair, not being able to select the file first, places you at a disadvantage. 

Further, I might select a file within a folder and then using my Control Key, choose other files within that same folder. The double click method will give me the opportunity to do so.

This gives us more control over the files, and in our situation here, having the ability to select a file without it immediately opening is an option that is necessary.

So how do we change the folder settings to wait for a “Double Click” to open a particular file?

1.  Open your Control Panel of Your Windows Operating System. 

2.  Look For Folder Options. (If you’re viewing by “category” instead of “all items”, go to Appearance and Personalization and go to Folder Options.) 

3.  The Folder Options window will open. There are three tabs: General, View, and Search.

4.  Under General, chose the selection “Double Click To Open An Item”.  In this way you can select a document without it opening right up.

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