My 2007 Word will not open any previous word documents?

[greyhound mom]

I downloaded Office Ultimate and got a hard copy backup. The Word program
would not open any of my previous word documents. Also, It only opens a 2007
document as a "Read Only" document. After getting the hard copy, I unistalled
it and reinstalled with the hard copy, no difference. I have just gotten a
laptop and have the Trial version on it and am afraid to upgrade to my copy
in case it does the same thing. I just went back to school after eons and am
taking computer classes and really need these programs for my classes.
Getting very frustrated...
Thanks, Shirley

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Where are these documents you're trying to open? I suspect it's not your
installation of Word that's causing your problems.

 

[greyhound mom]

They are stored in My Documents (the ones that are older version Word) and
the ones that are opening Read Only are the ones that the professor puts on
the website for us to use to learn the programs. They open up just fine on my
laptop with the trial version, but not on my home PC.Thanks

Where are these documents you're trying to open? I suspect it's not your
installation of Word that's causing your problems.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

I downloaded Office Ultimate and got a hard copy backup. The Word program
would not open any of my previous word documents. Also, It only opens a
2007
document as a "Read Only" document. After getting the hard copy, I
unistalled
it and reinstalled with the hard copy, no difference. I have just gotten a
laptop and have the Trial version on it and am afraid to upgrade to my
copy
in case it does the same thing. I just went back to school after eons and
am
taking computer classes and really need these programs for my classes.
Getting very frustrated...
Thanks, Shirley

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Does it say "read only" or are you having some sort of problem that make
syou thinkthey are read only?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

They are stored in My Documents (the ones that are older version Word) and
the ones that are opening Read Only are the ones that the professor puts
on
the website for us to use to learn the programs. They open up just fine on
my
laptop with the trial version, but not on my home PC.Thanks

Where are these documents you're trying to open? I suspect it's not your
installation of Word that's causing your problems.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



message

I downloaded Office Ultimate and got a hard copy backup. The Word
program
would not open any of my previous word documents. Also, It only opens a
2007
document as a "Read Only" document. After getting the hard copy, I
unistalled
it and reinstalled with the hard copy, no difference. I have just
gotten a
laptop and have the Trial version on it and am afraid to upgrade to my
copy
in case it does the same thing. I just went back to school after eons
and
am
taking computer classes and really need these programs for my classes.
Getting very frustrated...
Thanks, Shirley

 

[greyhound mom]

No, It says "Read Only". When I try to open a document from Word 2003, I
just get a blue screen. If I go to my Word Program and just open the program,
it is just a blue screen and the ribbon doesn't look right. It only goes
about 3/4 of the way across the top and is only blues, without the amber
orange colors that are supposed to be on it.

Does it say "read only" or are you having some sort of problem that make
syou thinkthey are read only?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

They are stored in My Documents (the ones that are older version Word) and
the ones that are opening Read Only are the ones that the professor puts
on
the website for us to use to learn the programs. They open up just fine on
my
laptop with the trial version, but not on my home PC.Thanks

Where are these documents you're trying to open? I suspect it's not your
installation of Word that's causing your problems.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



message
I downloaded Office Ultimate and got a hard copy backup. The Word
program
would not open any of my previous word documents. Also, It only opens a
2007
document as a "Read Only" document. After getting the hard copy, I
unistalled
it and reinstalled with the hard copy, no difference. I have just
gotten a
laptop and have the Trial version on it and am afraid to upgrade to my
copy
in case it does the same thing. I just went back to school after eons
and
am
taking computer classes and really need these programs for my classes.
Getting very frustrated...
Thanks, Shirley

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

From where did you download Office Ultimate?

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

No, It says "Read Only". When I try to open a document from Word 2003, I
just get a blue screen. If I go to my Word Program and just open the
program,
it is just a blue screen and the ribbon doesn't look right. It only goes
about 3/4 of the way across the top and is only blues, without the amber
orange colors that are supposed to be on it.

Does it say "read only" or are you having some sort of problem that make
syou thinkthey are read only?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

They are stored in My Documents (the ones that are older version Word)
and
the ones that are opening Read Only are the ones that the professor
puts
on
the website for us to use to learn the programs. They open up just fine
on
my
laptop with the trial version, but not on my home PC.Thanks

:

Where are these documents you're trying to open? I suspect it's not
your
installation of Word that's causing your problems.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



message
I downloaded Office Ultimate and got a hard copy backup. The Word
program
would not open any of my previous word documents. Also, It only
opens a
2007
document as a "Read Only" document. After getting the hard copy, I
unistalled
it and reinstalled with the hard copy, no difference. I have just
gotten a
laptop and have the Trial version on it and am afraid to upgrade to
my
copy
in case it does the same thing. I just went back to school after
eons
and
am
taking computer classes and really need these programs for my
classes.
Getting very frustrated...
Thanks, Shirley

 

[greyhound mom]

From the website that students can use to get a student discount, called the
"Ultimate Steal".

From where did you download Office Ultimate?

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

No, It says "Read Only". When I try to open a document from Word 2003, I
just get a blue screen. If I go to my Word Program and just open the
program,
it is just a blue screen and the ribbon doesn't look right. It only goes
about 3/4 of the way across the top and is only blues, without the amber
orange colors that are supposed to be on it.

Does it say "read only" or are you having some sort of problem that make
syou thinkthey are read only?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



They are stored in My Documents (the ones that are older version Word)
and
the ones that are opening Read Only are the ones that the professor
puts
on
the website for us to use to learn the programs. They open up just fine
on
my
laptop with the trial version, but not on my home PC.Thanks

:

Where are these documents you're trying to open? I suspect it's not
your
installation of Word that's causing your problems.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



message
I downloaded Office Ultimate and got a hard copy backup. The Word
program
would not open any of my previous word documents. Also, It only
opens a
2007
document as a "Read Only" document. After getting the hard copy, I
unistalled
it and reinstalled with the hard copy, no difference. I have just
gotten a
laptop and have the Trial version on it and am afraid to upgrade to
my
copy
in case it does the same thing. I just went back to school after
eons
and
am
taking computer classes and really need these programs for my
classes.
Getting very frustrated...
Thanks, Shirley

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Do any of the other programs (Excel for example) work correctly?

Seems like the installation might be corrupt and you should try a reinstall.
--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

From the website that students can use to get a student discount, called
the
"Ultimate Steal".

From where did you download Office Ultimate?

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

No, It says "Read Only". When I try to open a document from Word 2003,
I
just get a blue screen. If I go to my Word Program and just open the
program,
it is just a blue screen and the ribbon doesn't look right. It only
goes
about 3/4 of the way across the top and is only blues, without the
amber
orange colors that are supposed to be on it.

:

Does it say "read only" or are you having some sort of problem that
make
syou thinkthey are read only?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



message
They are stored in My Documents (the ones that are older version
Word)
and
the ones that are opening Read Only are the ones that the professor
puts
on
the website for us to use to learn the programs. They open up just
fine
on
my
laptop with the trial version, but not on my home PC.Thanks

:

Where are these documents you're trying to open? I suspect it's not
your
installation of Word that's causing your problems.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



message
I downloaded Office Ultimate and got a hard copy backup. The Word
program
would not open any of my previous word documents. Also, It only
opens a
2007
document as a "Read Only" document. After getting the hard copy,
I
unistalled
it and reinstalled with the hard copy, no difference. I have just
gotten a
laptop and have the Trial version on it and am afraid to upgrade
to
my
copy
in case it does the same thing. I just went back to school after
eons
and
am
taking computer classes and really need these programs for my
classes.
Getting very frustrated...
Thanks, Shirley