Open for editing doesn't work on word. How do I get this to work?

[Guest]

I have just had to buy a new hard drive as a sweet little virus got into my
last one!! I saved all of my business information and invoices on floppy. I
have no downloaded a few of my invoices but word will not let me open and
edit. I am not sure what I need to do to get into these files but I need to
edit them!! Could anyone please help!! Thank you.

 

[Doug Robbins]

Do you get some sort of message when you try to open the documents? If so,
what is it?

Are you able to create new documents?

What version of Word?

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Are you trying to open these documents from the floppy? If so, don't. Copy
them to the HD first.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

You bought a new hard disk just because of a virus?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I have heard that some people are actually buying new computers because
their old ones are infected with viruses. <sigh>

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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You bought a new hard disk just because of a virus?

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I have just had to buy a new hard drive as a sweet little virus got into my
last one!! I saved all of my business information and invoices on floppy.
I
have no downloaded a few of my invoices but word will not let me open and
edit. I am not sure what I need to do to get into these files but I need
to
edit them!! Could anyone please help!! Thank you.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

That's okay if you were going to do it anyway because their systems are as
old as mine but if they are doing it just because of the virus, then I want
to know where they were when I made a living selling computers!

(Truth is, I had customers like that and I advised them to try an anti-virus
first.)

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I have heard that some people are actually buying new computers because
their old ones are infected with viruses. <sigh>

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

You bought a new hard disk just because of a virus?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I have just had to buy a new hard drive as a sweet little virus got into my
last one!! I saved all of my business information and invoices on floppy.
I
have no downloaded a few of my invoices but word will not let me open and
edit. I am not sure what I need to do to get into these files but I
need
to
edit them!! Could anyone please help!! Thank you.