How do I program my yahoo e-mail attachments to come in as a Microsoft Word Document?

The problem isn't your Yahoo Mail, it's your computer. You have your computer set as using wordpad for a default for word documents. First find any word document, it doesn't matter which one.....if you have XP, hold down shift and then right click and choose "Open with" from there will be an option to choose default program and then choose Microsoft Word and be sure to check the box that says "Always use the selected program to open file". If you have Windows 7 just right click and you will have the option to "open with" from there. And you are all set. Hope this helps!