cant open ms word .doc with ms word

[sam]

i cant open a .doc document with word 2002 and i cant
open it with the word viewer offered free from microsoft .

the message says document path or name is invalid check
file permissions for drive or document or use the file
open dialog box to find the document. i tried to open it
by using the open button in the file tab of word but
didnt work.

how can i get this to open, i odnt think i can get
another copy of it?

 

[Jim Macklin]

Are you sure it is a WORD document? Other programs could
use .doc but be a different format.


|
|
| its not a busniess letter , its a script for a
| movie..note pad will open it but its all strange
| letters , not readable... ireied to open it will word
| viewer 97 and added the coversion download figuring it
| would convert the letters to somethoing readable but it
| didnt either
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >What file and where did you get it?
| >
| >If it was copied from a LAN at work, perhaps the author
| >password protected the file so a business spy could not
| open
| >it. Ask the author, whether it was you mom or your boss
| >about the file.
| >
| >Can you open it with Notepad or WordPad?
| >
| >
| >| >| i cant open a .doc document with word 2002 and i cant
| >| open it with the word viewer offered free from
| microsoft .
| >|
| >| the message says document path or name is invalid
| check
| >| file permissions for drive or document or use the file
| >| open dialog box to find the document. i tried to open
| it
| >| by using the open button in the file tab of word but
| >| didnt work.
| >|
| >| how can i get this to open, i odnt think i can get
| >| another copy of it?
| >
| >
| >.
| >

 

[Jim Macklin]

It could even be encrypted.


|
|
| its not a busniess letter , its a script for a
| movie..note pad will open it but its all strange
| letters , not readable... ireied to open it will word
| viewer 97 and added the coversion download figuring it
| would convert the letters to somethoing readable but it
| didnt either
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >What file and where did you get it?
| >
| >If it was copied from a LAN at work, perhaps the author
| >password protected the file so a business spy could not
| open
| >it. Ask the author, whether it was you mom or your boss
| >about the file.
| >
| >Can you open it with Notepad or WordPad?
| >
| >
| >| >| i cant open a .doc document with word 2002 and i cant
| >| open it with the word viewer offered free from
| microsoft .
| >|
| >| the message says document path or name is invalid
| check
| >| file permissions for drive or document or use the file
| >| open dialog box to find the document. i tried to open
| it
| >| by using the open button in the file tab of word but
| >| didnt work.
| >|
| >| how can i get this to open, i odnt think i can get
| >| another copy of it?
| >
| >
| >.
| >

 

[Lorne Smith]

Windows only labels it as a Word document because the .DOC extension is
registered in the system as a Word filetype. That doesn't guarantee it IS a
Word document though. Possibly it's actually a ZIP or RAR compressed file
that's just been renamed as a DOC, but It's more likely that the file is
corrupt.

Lorne

 

[Rob Schneider]

my mail programs say ms word, and the three letters at
the end of the name are .doc

*snip*

While it's convention to use the file extension to identify the type of
file, having a *.doc on end doesn't guarantee it's a Word file. In
fact, you can put any extension on a file that you want. Further, a
file formatted for Word can be openend in Word even if the extension is
something other than *.doc.

The file probably one or more of the following:
1. not Microsoft Word.
2. encrypted
3. corrupted
Contact the person who gave you the file and get another, or find out
what program created it.