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September 6th 08, 10:11 PM
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I receive E-mail attachments on my MS Home edition laptop which I can not
open. It pops up and states to close something and then goes back to the E-mail folder. I assume it is comming from Word and I have works. Is there anyway to recieve these without giving MS a couple hundred for Word. Thanks 
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September 6th 08, 10:29 PM
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William L Butler wrote:
I receive E-mail attachments on my MS Home edition laptop which I can not open. It pops up and states to close something Something? What? and then goes back to the E-mail folder. I assume it is coming from Word, and I have Works. Is there any way to recEIve these without giving MS a couple hundred for Word? Thanks http://openoffice.org -- Joe =o)
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September 6th 08, 10:30 PM
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"William L Butler" wrote in message
... I receive E-mail attachments on my MS Home edition laptop which I can not open. It pops up and states to close something and then goes back to the E-mail folder. I assume it is comming from Word and I have works. Is there anyway to recieve these without giving MS a couple hundred for Word. Thanks First off, it helps to know exactly what type of file you're trying to open. To do that go to Control Panel - Folder Options and click on the View tab. In the Advanced Settings box, remove the check mark from the box next to "Hide extensions for known file types". You should now see a file extension after the files name. A word document may end with the .doc extension. You can use Word Viewer 2003 for this type of file. Word Viewer 2003 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en If the document ends with the .docx file extension it means it was created with Word 2007. To view that file you'll need to also install the compatibility pack. Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Here are viewers for other Office files that you may encounter. Excel Viewer 2003 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/i...splaylang%3den PowerPoint Viewer 2003 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/i...splaylang%3den PowerPoint Viewer 2007 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/i...splaylang%3den Note: You can go back and recheck that setting in Folder Options if you'd rather not see file extensions after you've downloaded any attachments. If you're still unable to open the file, post back and let us know the file extension. Good luck Nepatsfan
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September 6th 08, 10:31 PM
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What is your e-mail client? What is the file extension of the attachments?
What pops up and asks you to close what? -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA "William L Butler" wrote in message ... I receive E-mail attachments on my MS Home edition laptop which I can not open. It pops up and states to close something and then goes back to the E-mail folder. I assume it is comming from Word and I have works. Is there anyway to recieve these without giving MS a couple hundred for Word. Thanks
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September 6th 08, 10:43 PM
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If you determine that it really is an MS Word attachment, then you can
download and install the MS Word Viewer. "View, print and copy Microsoft Word documents, even if you don't have Microsoft Word installed." http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/do...258581033.aspx For a list of all available MS Office Viewers: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/do...449811033.aspx JS www.pagestart.com "William L Butler" wrote in message ... I receive E-mail attachments on my MS Home edition laptop which I can not open. It pops up and states to close something and then goes back to the E-mail folder. I assume it is comming from Word and I have works. Is there anyway to recieve these without giving MS a couple hundred for Word. Thanks
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September 7th 08, 09:09 PM
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I see that some of you are recommending downloading MS Word Viewer instead of
Open Office. Why is that? Just curious... -- Bonnie Clark "JS" wrote: If you determine that it really is an MS Word attachment, then you can download and install the MS Word Viewer. "View, print and copy Microsoft Word documents, even if you don't have Microsoft Word installed." http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/do...258581033.aspx For a list of all available MS Office Viewers: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/do...449811033.aspx JS www.pagestart.com "William L Butler" wrote in message ... I receive E-mail attachments on my MS Home edition laptop which I can not open. It pops up and states to close something and then goes back to the E-mail folder. I assume it is comming from Word and I have works. Is there anyway to recieve these without giving MS a couple hundred for Word. Thanks
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September 7th 08, 10:28 PM
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He indicated that he wanted to solve the email problem
and not find a free and more robust replacement for MS works or an MS Office equivalent. JS "bjclark7" wrote in message ... I see that some of you are recommending downloading MS Word Viewer instead of Open Office. Why is that? Just curious... -- Bonnie Clark "JS" wrote: If you determine that it really is an MS Word attachment, then you can download and install the MS Word Viewer. "View, print and copy Microsoft Word documents, even if you don't have Microsoft Word installed." http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/do...258581033.aspx For a list of all available MS Office Viewers: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/do...449811033.aspx JS www.pagestart.com "William L Butler" wrote in message ... I receive E-mail attachments on my MS Home edition laptop which I can not open. It pops up and states to close something and then goes back to the E-mail folder. I assume it is comming from Word and I have works. Is there anyway to recieve these without giving MS a couple hundred for Word. Thanks
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September 8th 08, 03:50 AM
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bjclark7 wrote: I see that some of you are recommending downloading MS Word Viewer instead of Open Office. Why is that? Just curious... Why offer a fully-loaded SUV when they need a sub-compact? They have one attachment to an email they cannot open. They are not trying to (or they haven;t stated they are) create a new document or read several different formats without purchasing Microsoft Office 2007. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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September 10th 08, 05:19 AM
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Thanks for the help. The file is .docx and the sender states it was done on
Office 2007. I did the download, (1: 20min.) installed and then it asks for a product code. Since I don't have one, I used the one from my old MS word - (not good) and the one from new works (also not valid) Thanks for the help though and I appreciate it. I did find a way to open a basic Word file. I send myself a E-mail with the attachment, open it with a 12 year old computer that has word. I doesn't work that way though with the DOCX file Bill "Nepatsfan" wrote in message ... "William L Butler" wrote in message ... I receive E-mail attachments on my MS Home edition laptop which I can not open. It pops up and states to close something and then goes back to the E-mail folder. I assume it is comming from Word and I have works. Is there anyway to recieve these without giving MS a couple hundred for Word. Thanks First off, it helps to know exactly what type of file you're trying to open. To do that go to Control Panel - Folder Options and click on the View tab. In the Advanced Settings box, remove the check mark from the box next to "Hide extensions for known file types". You should now see a file extension after the files name. A word document may end with the .doc extension. You can use Word Viewer 2003 for this type of file. Word Viewer 2003 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en If the document ends with the .docx file extension it means it was created with Word 2007. To view that file you'll need to also install the compatibility pack. Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Here are viewers for other Office files that you may encounter. Excel Viewer 2003 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/i...splaylang%3den PowerPoint Viewer 2003 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/i...splaylang%3den PowerPoint Viewer 2007 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/i...splaylang%3den Note: You can go back and recheck that setting in Folder Options if you'd rather not see file extensions after you've downloaded any attachments. If you're still unable to open the file, post back and let us know the file extension. Good luck Nepatsfan
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September 10th 08, 01:26 PM
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Here are some other options you can try.
1. Download this version of Word Viewer. It should be able to open .docx files. Word Viewer http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en 2. Ask the person who sent you the attachment to save the file as a Word 97 - 2003 document and resend the email message. The file will now have a .doc extension. 3. Post your question to the Microsoft Word newsgroup. Good luck Nepatsfan "William L Butler" wrote in message ... Thanks for the help. The file is .docx and the sender states it was done on Office 2007. I did the download, (1: 20min.) installed and then it asks for a product code. Since I don't have one, I used the one from my old MS word - (not good) and the one from new works (also not valid) Thanks for the help though and I appreciate it. I did find a way to open a basic Word file. I send myself a E-mail with the attachment, open it with a 12 year old computer that has word. I doesn't work that way though with the DOCX file Bill "Nepatsfan" wrote in message ... "William L Butler" wrote in message ... I receive E-mail attachments on my MS Home edition laptop which I can not open. It pops up and states to close something and then goes back to the E-mail folder. I assume it is comming from Word and I have works. Is there anyway to recieve these without giving MS a couple hundred for Word. Thanks First off, it helps to know exactly what type of file you're trying to open. To do that go to Control Panel - Folder Options and click on the View tab. In the Advanced Settings box, remove the check mark from the box next to "Hide extensions for known file types". You should now see a file extension after the files name. A word document may end with the .doc extension. You can use Word Viewer 2003 for this type of file. Word Viewer 2003 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en If the document ends with the .docx file extension it means it was created with Word 2007. To view that file you'll need to also install the compatibility pack. Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Here are viewers for other Office files that you may encounter. Excel Viewer 2003 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/i...splaylang%3den PowerPoint Viewer 2003 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/i...splaylang%3den PowerPoint Viewer 2007 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/i...splaylang%3den Note: You can go back and recheck that setting in Folder Options if you'd rather not see file extensions after you've downloaded any attachments. If you're still unable to open the file, post back and let us know the file extension. Good luck Nepatsfan
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