attachments garbled when opened

[metcarl]

Whenever I try to open an attachment, it comes out all scrambled with random
letters and symbols.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Have you tried sending yourself an attachment, and if so, does that work?
What is the file type of the attachment, DOC, TXT, PDF, etc.?

 

[t-4-2]

What file type is that attachment ? The 3 letters after the dot ( . ) is
the file type, i.e. .pps, .doc etc.
t-4-2

 

[metcarl]

I sent myself a .wps attachment and it worked. I can read some .pdf and .txt
files, but not .doc or .docx. I have tried saving them as a different file
type and that did not work. The last .pdf I tried to open gave me a "set
associations" message.

 

[metcarl]

The attachments are from everybody. I think I can read .txt .pdf and .wps
files but not .doc or .docx. I successfully sent myself a .wps attachment.

 

[metcarl]

We have MS Works Word Processor

Do you have MS Word 2007 or the Word Viewer?

Download details: Word Viewer:
http://tinyurl.com/2w3s6z





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[Rainald Taesler]

I sent myself a .wps attachment and it worked. I can read some .pdf
and .txt files, but not .doc or .docx. I have tried saving them as a
different file type and that did not work.

OK, fine. So you don't have an "in general" problem with handling
attachments.

It's just a missing tool for viewing DIC/DOCX files.*Works* can *not*
work with type of file.
You'd either need MS Word or the free "Word Viewer":
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...88-7CFA-457A-9AEC-F4F827F20CAC&DisplayLang=en

The last .pdf I tried to open gave me a "set associations" message.

Do you have a PDF Reader installed?
On case you don't have Adobe Reader 9.1 download and install it:
http://www.adobe.com/

Should the Adobe Reader already be installed and still an error message
in the "file association" appear, run Repair from the Reader's
Help-menu.

Rainald