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| 640097 | 2008-02-14 10:02:00 | Have you religiously installed all the MS updates?. Yes for one computer and no for another. Still works fine on both. |
beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 640098 | 2008-02-14 20:35:00 | Yes for one computer and no for another. Still works fine on both. Thanks. That is what I wanted to know. Cheers. |
Pato (2463) | ||
| 640099 | 2008-02-15 01:31:00 | With the free compatibility pack, Word 2003 can both read DOCX files and save new files as DOCX. You don't need to buy 2007 unless you specifically want the extra formatting and features. I've installed the compatibility pack on both Office 2000 and Office 2003 with no problems. Thanks for the helpful information. darroll |
darroll (12090) | ||
| 640100 | 2008-02-16 02:03:00 | Me again. I have installed the Compatibility Pack but still can't open e-mail attachments on Web Mail sent from an MS Office 2007 sender. When they used Office 2003 they opened straight away. This may be of some assistance in helping. Tried to open an attachment and got: #.doxc application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessing.document Window came up: you have chosen to open Management (name of e-mail) which is a: application/x-unknown-application-from http://www.paradise.net.nz What should firefox do with this file? . Open with Browse . Save to disc Browsed to MS Office word but it wouldn't read it. Any help apporeciated. |
Pato (2463) | ||
| 640101 | 2008-02-16 03:21:00 | What happens if you save to disk and then try to open it? If it opens then, then the problem is probably Firefox (are you running the latest version? Have you tried it in IE?) . If it doesn't, then the problem is probably the compatibility pack install or your OS file associations . Are you running XP? |
wiselark (12849) | ||
| 640102 | 2008-02-16 03:36:00 | What happens if you save to disk and then try to open it? If it opens then, then the problem is probably Firefox (are you running the latest version? Have you tried it in IE?) . If it doesn't, then the problem is probably the compatibility pack install or your OS file associations . Are you running XP? No it won't open when saved to disk . Running latest Firefox . I won't use IE . Running XP PRO . I want to open it in MS Office . Have decided to forget all about it . I don't intend to purchase a 2007 copy either . !! |
Pato (2463) | ||
| 640103 | 2008-02-16 03:53:00 | From the sound of it then, the compatibility pack didn't 'take' rather than Firefox . It may be related to those 'high priority' updates I guess . I don't blame you for wanting to flag it though, this kind of thing shouldn't be so difficult . If you have someone who regularly sends you docx files, and they don't mind changing their defaults, Office 2007 has a setting that changes the default save file (the first option that appears in the save dialog box) from docx to doc (and xls, ppt etc) . I haven't used it since the Beta though, so can't recall where the setting is, but it shouldn't be too hard to find (probably under options) . |
wiselark (12849) | ||
| 640104 | 2008-02-16 04:43:00 | From the sound of it then, the compatibility pack didn't 'take' rather than Firefox . It may be related to those 'high priority' updates I guess . I don't blame you for wanting to flag it though, this kind of thing shouldn't be so difficult . If you have someone who regularly sends you docx files, and they don't mind changing their defaults, Office 2007 has a setting that changes the default save file (the first option that appears in the save dialog box) from docx to doc (and xls, ppt etc) . I haven't used it since the Beta though, so can't recall where the setting is, but it shouldn't be too hard to find (probably under options) . It has me puzzled . My wife uses web mail and she cannot open this particular e-mail but I got her to send it to me and I can open it no trouble in Thunderbird . Just click on it and it opens it in Word (default) . I guess if she gets any more she can just send them to me for opening . Of course it would be much easier if we both used the one e-mail address but that is another story . |
Pato (2463) | ||
| 640105 | 2008-02-16 09:41:00 | Okay, if you and your wife use the same PC and logon, then that IS curious. That sounds like a combination of Firefox and Windows. I just tested an email with a docx file on Paradise webmail in Firefox, and it opened without a problem, so it shouldn't be that (assuming you're using Paradise). But for instance, if Firefox was open when you installed the compatibility pack, it may not have registered the file type (I've had a similar thing with PDFs before). If it was open, try uninstalling and reinstalling the compatibility pack with Firefox closed. The check for the Windows filetype associations you can do through opening My Computer, selecting Tools then Folder Options, and you'll see a tab called File Types. The details for DOCX ought to show that it opens with Microsoft Word (Winword.exe). |
wiselark (12849) | ||
| 640106 | 2008-02-16 20:13:00 | Okay, if you and your wife use the same PC and logon, then that IS curious. No. She uses a different logon. Perhaps that is the problem. The check for the Windows filetype associations you can do through opening My Computer, selecting Tools then Folder Options, and you'll see a tab called File Types. The details for DOCX ought to show that it opens with Microsoft Word (Winword.exe). Thanks for that info. I have learnt something. Two are listed DOCX Word 2007 Document and DOCX MS wordxml Document. So that looks ok I guess. |
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