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August 31st, 2007 02:00
can't open Word documents
I have microsoft works on my computer...which is a Dell Inspiron E1505 running Vista...I have documents on my jump-drive that were created with microsoft word on a computer running XP...can I do anything to get these documents to open? I have downloaded 'openoffice' which did help ...but now when I try to open some of the documents on my jump drive, I get an Adobe Reader error message that says that the file is not supported or that the file was sent as an email attachment and was not correctly decoded...Please help...I am a teacher and need to do a lot of work at home...
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Posted September 1st, 2007 20:00
I was looking around at the MS works website and found how to do this. I'll try to post a link (I've never put in a link before).I guess copy and paste works to put in the link!Christine
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Posted September 2nd, 2007 10:00
I got totally confused reading that Microsoft link that you gave. But, it looks like you have to do many different steps and you really cannot directly import a Word ".doc" file.Downloading the Open Office suite still looks like the best option if someone does not want to purchase MS Word or a Microsoft suite of products that contains MS Word.
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Posted September 2nd, 2007 11:00
the simplest solution --- especially if you have a very large number of WORD documents --- is that already given by fireberd, to download OpenOffice.if you can temporarily gain access to WORD on some other machine [say, at a friend's house], and if you have only a few WORD documents, see if you can convert them (one at a time) to a WORKS-compatible format:1) open a file with WORD2) click on FILE, then select SAVE AS3) when the file list opens, look at the bottom line, which should say SAVE AS TYPE, and in the box following that, you should see WORD DOCUMENT (*.DOC)4) click on the drop-down menu there, to see what other file-types are available to you.For example --- working within WORD 2000 --- I see i can save my file as:WORKS 3.0 FOR WINDOWS
WORKS 4.0 FOR WINDOWSWORKS 6.0WORKS 2000I'm assuming you were probably using WORD 2003, so you might see a different list of choices. But hopefully, one of them might be compatible with the version of WORKS you have.And if you don't have the proper WORKS/save option, you still might be able to save/transfer your file usingRICH TEXT FORMAT (*.rtf)which you can open using WORDPAD (but NOT notepad).It might not be able to convert everything into RTF, but whatever you get should still be better than nothing.
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Posted September 2nd, 2007 20:00
Word Viewer: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=95E24C87-8732-48D5-8689-AB826E7B8FDF&displaylang=en2637
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Posted September 3rd, 2007 22:00
Message Edited by harleyfreespirit on 09-22-2007 11:06 PM2637
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Posted September 4th, 2007 17:00
Harley,I don't see how your supplying "more detail" changed anything...I believe your question has been adequately answered above:on your vista/works laptop, downloadopenoffice (suggested above, first by fireberd, then seconded by me), fromyou should be able to open, edit, save, and print the word . doc files-- OR --on your XP/word desktop, open up the word . doc files, one by one, and convert them (per my alternate suggestion) to either a WORKS-compatible . wps format or a WORDPAD-compatible . rtf format, then transfer the converted files to your laptop (for example, using a memory stick), and open them on your laptop in WORKS or WORDPAD.
Note: Mary G suggested above Word Viewer 2003 ("View, print and copy Word documents, even if you don't have Word installed" ). The link she gave indicated this is for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4; Windows Server 2003; Windows XP. So unless that information hasn't been updated, I don't know that you can use this on your Vista laptop.
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Posted September 19th, 2007 23:00
Can't tell whether you are having a file compatibility issue or connectivity issue.Since you still have access to a copy of Word you might try opening a file in Word, Select File - Save As and save as a Rich Text Format document (RTF).Then try opening the RTF file in Works.May be worth a shot.2637
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Posted October 23rd, 2007 22:00
I have just studied this query/answer session and whilst I am currently downloading the office system recommended I should say that the one by one approach - changing .doc to.rtf works a treat.MY thanks to you all for the intelligence !What would we do without you'se all ?lavillegour (in Angleterre)
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