TIF, TIFF, and MDI files are no longer associated with Microsoft Office Document Imaging (MODI) after you install Office 2003 Service Pack 3 or certain post-SP3 security bulletins:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967055/
After you install Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3) or certain post-SP3 security bulletins, the TIF, TIFF, and MDI files are no longer associated with Microsoft Office Document Imaging (MODI).
This problem is resolved in the Word 2003 hotfix package that was released on February 24, 2009. For more information about the hotfix package, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
967054 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967054/ ) Description of the Word 2003 hotfix package (Modifileassoc.msp): February 24, 2009
