after ftp, Word can't open

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Tom Moran

I ftp-ed a .doc from computer A to a web site, then ftp-ed from that web
site to computer B. But when I try to open it with Word on B, it says
it can't find it and the path/permissions must be wrong. The doc seems
to have an internal component of some sort that contains the absolute
path on computer A (eg C:\Documents and Settings\Jane\...), which of
course is quite wrong for computer B (which doesn't have a User Jane).
So far the only workaround is to use Word on computer B to open the
document directly on the internet, change one character, and Save As to
a place on computer B, then close the web document, open the newly saved
document on B, correct the changed character, and Save. This is
ridiculous. How can I tell Word on B to ignore irrelevant path names on
other computers?
 
I can only think that the "internal component" you refer to is a
reference to the template? What is beyond the ... you state? Something
you recognise?

When you FTP'ed, did you use binary transfer? If not, the file could
have become corrupted. While mentioning that, it could have become
corrupted even if you did use binary transfer ... so if you bring the
file back from B to A, is the file readable by Word on A?

rms
 
The "..." is somehting like Jane\Desktop\Workfiles\something

Word is capable of opening the file directly from the web site (using
Network Neighborhood and ftp), so it can't be very corrupt. If I just
"Save As" from there on machine B, close, and attempt to open the saved
file on machine B, it fails the same way. But if I make some minor
change to the file, then Save As, all is well (though of course I must
manually undo the change). If there were a link to a picture or
something that I had failed to copy over, it would make sense, but this
is a stand-alone text file.
 
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