Converting Wordpad document

G

Guest

I have documents in wordpad from a friend and I am using word 2002, I believe
his are saved using word 9.0. When I open them up they open in wordpad and
it is all a mess. Do I need a converter. If so, where do I get this from?
 
G

Graham Mayor

There is no essential difference between the file structure of Word 9 (Word
2000) and Word 2002. The latter should open the files of the former
transparently. Files can be corrupted in e-mail transit so they are best
sent in a zipped format. Never open files directly from e-mail messages.
Copy to the hard drive first. If your PC opens DOC files in WordPad then
your file association for DOC is wrong. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
 

Ask a Question

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?

You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments. After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.

Ask a Question

Similar Threads

After Upgrade to XP ServPak3 Word '03 Often Wordpad Instead 1
Files listed as WordPad and convert to Word on opening 5
After Upgrade to XP Serv Pak3 Word Pro '03 Often Wordpad! 1
My Word Documents automatically save to wordpad 1
Word documents now in wordpad 1
all Microsoft Word files are being saved as WordPad files 2
word becomes wordpad - why & how 1
word saves documents as wordpad files 3

Top