I cant open word documents sent as an email attachment

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Hi,

When someone sends me an attachment of a word document i try to open it but
it opens in notebook and all i get is a few words and a lot of code. Can you
help me please???? This is really annoying me!
 
troubletrouble said:
Hi,

When someone sends me an attachment of a word document i try to open it but
it opens in notebook and all i get is a few words and a lot of code. Can you
help me please???? This is really annoying me!
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You need to have MS Word installed (not free) or the free Word viewer or
a program that can open MS Word files such as OpenOffice Writer (free).

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/FX100647101033.aspx - MS Office Online
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891090 - How to obtain the latest
Microsoft Word Viewer
http://www.openoffice.org - OpenOffice office suite


Malke
 
troubletrouble said:
Hi,

When someone sends me an attachment of a word document i try to open it but
it opens in notebook and all i get is a few words and a lot of code. Can you
help me please???? This is really annoying me!
Click to expand...

Have you tried saving it to a folder and then opening it? Are you sure
it's a Word document? Maybe a newer version (2007)??

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Hi,

When someone sends me an attachment of a word document
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Everyone or just some people?

i try to open it but
it opens in notebook and all i get is a few words and a lot of code. Can you
help me please???? This is really annoying me!
Click to expand...



What's the extension of the file name? .doc? .docx? Something else?

Do you have Microsoft Word installed? What version?
 
troubletrouble said:
Hi,

When someone sends me an attachment of a word document i try to open it but
it opens in notebook and all i get is a few words and a lot of code. Can you
help me please???? This is really annoying me!
Click to expand...


Do you have Microsoft Word installed? If not, there is a free viewer
available from Microsoft:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/results.aspx?qu=viewers&av=DCT000



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The emails are ones that are sent from old windows versions. When I open
them notebook opens and I get a few words and lots of code. I am now
downloading a free word processing program from the net to see if that works.

Thanks for all your help.
 
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