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Old February 22nd, 2010, 11:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Stephen Ford[_2_]
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I have received an attachment which the sender says is a word 2007 document.
It has a ".docx" extension. My word 2003 starts a File Conversion app but I
can't find a setting that makes the document readable.

What should the sender do to give me a document that is readable by Word
2003 without file conversion issues?


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Old February 23rd, 2010, 12:07 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
garfield-n-odie
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If you haven't already done so, you should download and install
the the free Office 2007 compatibility pack from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...3-c6bb74cd1466
..

Stephen Ford wrote:
I have received an attachment which the sender says is a word 2007 document.
It has a ".docx" extension. My word 2003 starts a File Conversion app but I
can't find a setting that makes the document readable.

What should the sender do to give me a document that is readable by Word
2003 without file conversion issues?



  #3  
Old February 23rd, 2010, 12:27 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Yves Dhondt
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Although you really should install the converter pack, you could ask the
sender to save the document as 'Word 97-2003 Document' which (s)he can find
in the 'Save As' menu.

Yves

"Stephen Ford" wrote in message
...
I have received an attachment which the sender says is a word 2007
document. It has a ".docx" extension. My word 2003 starts a File Conversion
app but I can't find a setting that makes the document readable.

What should the sender do to give me a document that is readable by Word
2003 without file conversion issues?


  #4  
Old February 23rd, 2010, 07:53 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Graham Mayor
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If you have the Word 2007 converter installed - see
http://www.gmayor.com/Converter_Shows_Garbage.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"Stephen Ford" wrote in message
...
I have received an attachment which the sender says is a word 2007
document. It has a ".docx" extension. My word 2003 starts a File Conversion
app but I can't find a setting that makes the document readable.

What should the sender do to give me a document that is readable by Word
2003 without file conversion issues?



  #5  
Old February 23rd, 2010, 06:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Robert Macy[_2_]
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On Feb 22, 10:53*pm, "Graham Mayor" wrote:
If you have the Word 2007 converter installed - seehttp://www.gmayor.com/Converter_Shows_Garbage.htm

--

Graham Mayor - *Word MVP

My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org


"Stephen Ford" wrote in message

...



I have received an attachment which the sender says is a word 2007
document. It has a ".docx" extension. My word 2003 starts a File Conversion
app but I can't find a setting that makes the document readable.


What should the sender do to give me a document that is readable by Word
2003 without file conversion issues?


google provides a free service to change all those docx and xlsx or
whatever to earlier formats. I tried it , works great, but also
downloaded
NativeWindsDocx2Rtf ver 3.8
from
http://www.nativewindsofmontana.com

it will also run on Win98 OS
  #6  
Old February 25th, 2010, 12:18 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Stephen Ford[_2_]
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Worked a treat. Thanks.
SF

"garfield-n-odie" wrote in message
...
If you haven't already done so, you should download and install the the
free Office 2007 compatibility pack from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...3-c6bb74cd1466 .

Stephen Ford wrote:
I have received an attachment which the sender says is a word 2007
document. It has a ".docx" extension. My word 2003 starts a File
Conversion app but I can't find a setting that makes the document
readable.

What should the sender do to give me a document that is readable by Word
2003 without file conversion issues?




  #7  
Old February 25th, 2010, 12:20 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Stephen Ford[_2_]
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Thanks for confirming this feature is available. I quessed it should be. I
don't think the sender is particularly PC literate so when I suggested they
look for the option before posting this I didn't get coherent response. The
2007 compatibity pack has worked fine.
SF

"Yves Dhondt" wrote in message
...
Although you really should install the converter pack, you could ask the
sender to save the document as 'Word 97-2003 Document' which (s)he can
find in the 'Save As' menu.

Yves

"Stephen Ford" wrote in message
...
I have received an attachment which the sender says is a word 2007
document. It has a ".docx" extension. My word 2003 starts a File
Conversion app but I can't find a setting that makes the document
readable.

What should the sender do to give me a document that is readable by Word
2003 without file conversion issues?




  #8  
Old February 25th, 2010, 12:27 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Stephen Ford[_2_]
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Posts: 8
Default DOCX files

Thanks.
SF

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
If you have the Word 2007 converter installed - see
http://www.gmayor.com/Converter_Shows_Garbage.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"Stephen Ford" wrote in message
...
I have received an attachment which the sender says is a word 2007
document. It has a ".docx" extension. My word 2003 starts a File
Conversion app but I can't find a setting that makes the document
readable.

What should the sender do to give me a document that is readable by Word
2003 without file conversion issues?





  #9  
Old February 25th, 2010, 12:29 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Stephen Ford[_2_]
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Posts: 8
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"Robert Macy" wrote in message
...
On Feb 22, 10:53 pm, "Graham Mayor" wrote:
If you have the Word 2007 converter installed -
seehttp://www.gmayor.com/Converter_Shows_Garbage.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org


"Stephen Ford" wrote in message

...



I have received an attachment which the sender says is a word 2007
document. It has a ".docx" extension. My word 2003 starts a File
Conversion
app but I can't find a setting that makes the document readable.


What should the sender do to give me a document that is readable by Word
2003 without file conversion issues?


google provides a free service to change all those docx and xlsx or
whatever to earlier formats. I tried it , works great, but also
downloaded
NativeWindsDocx2Rtf ver 3.8
from
http://www.nativewindsofmontana.com


it will also run on Win98 OS


Thanks for the info. I didn't know Google provides this service.
SF


  #10  
Old April 6th, 2010, 09:23 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Stephen Ford[_2_]
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Posts: 8
Default DOCX files

Thanks for all comments. Have installed and used the MS converter with great
success.
SF


 




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