my microsoft word expired! how do i edit my documents?!?!

[Guest]

yea! my microsoft word expired and i can't get any information from my
documents and i really need them! is there any way i can open it in wordpad
or something?

 

[Guest]

yes, there is a way to open your files. Right click on the document, select
open with and choose notepad. it wont have the same formating but you can
still edit it.

 

[Guest]

but now when i open it in wordpad none of the document shows correctly
they're all wierd symbols and number.

 

[Mike Hall - MVP]

What you are seeing is all of the document format info..

Download and run Open Office 2.2.. this will enable you to pick up on Word
files, but probably not Word 2007 files..

but now when i open it in wordpad none of the document shows correctly
they're all wierd symbols and number.

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Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

 

[Guest]

my files are word 2007 files though

What you are seeing is all of the document format info..

Download and run Open Office 2.2.. this will enable you to pick up on Word
files, but probably not Word 2007 files..




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Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

 

[Dave]

but did you save them in the .docx format?

my files are word 2007 files though

 

[Dave]

If you have Office XP or 2003, you can download this
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...70-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en

 

[Guest]

yea! it is!

but did you save them in the .docx format?

 

[Guest]

i have windows vista. will it not work?

If you have Office XP or 2003, you can download this
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...70-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en

 

[dean-dean]

Word Viewer 2003 (for viewing, not editing):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...87-8732-48D5-8689-AB826E7B8FDF&displaylang=en

Then install the Compatibility Pack to see .docx files.

 

[Guest]

I cannot download any version of microsoft, onto my lab top. becuase of my
windows vista. A warning pops up saying the hardware/software I have on my
computer is more up-to-date than what I want to load. How can I load Windows
Microsoft Word, so I can stop using 'WordPad' and such, to write better?
Plus, the place I got my lab top told me I should already have Microsoft
word in my computer and could be able to use it right away, but I cannot find
it anywhere.

 

[Mike Hall - MVP]

If you have MS Works installed on your laptop, the word processor contained
within it is actually a version of MS Word..

I cannot download any version of microsoft, onto my lab top. becuase of my
windows vista. A warning pops up saying the hardware/software I have on my
computer is more up-to-date than what I want to load. How can I load
Windows
Microsoft Word, so I can stop using 'WordPad' and such, to write better?
Plus, the place I got my lab top told me I should already have Microsoft
word in my computer and could be able to use it right away, but I cannot
find
it anywhere.

--


Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

 

[hdrdtd]

If you have MS Works installed on your laptop, the word processor
contained within it is actually a version of MS Word..

Not neccessarily. IIRC, some versions of Works includes an older version of
Microsoft Word, but not all do.

 

[Mike Hall - MVP]

The OP has a laptop running Vista, so it couldn't be too old.. If MS Works
was included on said laptop by the OEM, it would be version 8 most likely,
which includes MS Word 2002, I think..

Not neccessarily. IIRC, some versions of Works includes an older version
of Microsoft Word, but not all do.

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Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

 

[John Lee Brown]

Fist off you need to uninstall ms works. Then you should be able to
download/install ms word.