xp microsoft word & micrsoft excel

[larry]

Hi there, Im basically having problems with microsoft
office & excel. When i send a document ie, a spread sheet
to another computer it is unable to open it, it also
happens when i send a written document, the people whom i
have sent this information to are sending me back an e-
mail saying they can't open their attachment. so all
attachments being sent from this computer cannot be
opened, im not the best at computers and am a little
frustrated. what does one need to do to rememdy this.
hope you can help. many thanks.also attachments esp
written also says wps???

[Chris Lanier]

Please post in the Office or Word Newsgroups for support
http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp

"larry" > wrote in message
...
> Hi there, Im basically having problems with microsoft
> office & excel. When i send a document ie, a spread sheet
> to another computer it is unable to open it, it also
> happens when i send a written document, the people whom i
> have sent this information to are sending me back an e-
> mail saying they can't open their attachment. so all
> attachments being sent from this computer cannot be
> opened, im not the best at computers and am a little
> frustrated. what does one need to do to rememdy this.
> hope you can help. many thanks.also attachments esp
> written also says wps???

[Jim Macklin]

Many people do not understand the file association method
used to automatically OPEN a program when a file is
double-clicked. Also, many people do not have all the
possible programs and versions that might be needed to read
attached files.

MS WORD uses .doc as the default file format and most
word-processors will be able to open and read those files
but may not keep the formatting and features WORD uses.
Some programs will not open .doc files. MS WORKS uses the
..wps extension.
If you open the word processor program first and use the
"file/open" command the application program will open the
file IF it has the converter built-in or as an add-on.

This will also apply to MS Excel spreadsheets which can open
a WORKS spreadsheet.

MS has free converters, plug-ins and they also have a free
viewer for people who don't have ANY word processor or
spreadsheet that will allow these files to be viewed and
printed.


"larry" > wrote in message
...
| Hi there, Im basically having problems with microsoft
| office & excel. When i send a document ie, a spread sheet
| to another computer it is unable to open it, it also
| happens when i send a written document, the people whom i
| have sent this information to are sending me back an e-
| mail saying they can't open their attachment. so all
| attachments being sent from this computer cannot be
| opened, im not the best at computers and am a little
| frustrated. what does one need to do to rememdy this.
| hope you can help. many thanks.also attachments esp
| written also says wps???

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Do your recipients have Word and Excel installed on their
computer? They'd need to, to be able to open such files.

Bruce Chambers

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"larry" > wrote in message
...
> Hi there, Im basically having problems with microsoft
> office & excel. When i send a document ie, a spread sheet
> to another computer it is unable to open it, it also
> happens when i send a written document, the people whom i
> have sent this information to are sending me back an e-
> mail saying they can't open their attachment. so all
> attachments being sent from this computer cannot be
> opened, im not the best at computers and am a little
> frustrated. what does one need to do to rememdy this.
> hope you can help. many thanks.also attachments esp
> written also says wps???