Please help !!! Have XP on old computer and Vista on new computer.

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Hello

I have a PC which has XP installed and a new desktop with Visa Home Premium
installed. I have put some of my Word files on to the laptop from the PC but
it cant read them.

Please can you tell me if there is a way to get my laptop to read my PC
files once I have transferred them or do I have to get XP installed on to my
laptop?

Thanking you in advance.
 
Do you have a Word compatible program or a Word reader on your Vista
machine?
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jo said:
Hello

I have a PC which has XP installed and a new desktop with Visa Home Premium
installed. I have put some of my Word files on to the laptop from the PC but
it cant read them.

Please can you tell me if there is a way to get my laptop to read my PC
files once I have transferred them or do I have to get XP installed on to my
laptop?

Thanking you in advance.
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Ideally, your new machine should also have Microsoft Word installed
however Wordpad should be able to read them.

If you want some free software, try Open Office
 
Hello Bob

Thanks for your reply. I really wouldn't know i'm sorry. Is there a way that
I can find out?

Thanks.

Bob said:
Do you have a Word compatible program or a Word reader on your Vista
machine?
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*Report back, please*
[When responding to posts, please include the post(s) you are replying to so
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jo said:
Hello

I have a PC which has XP installed and a new desktop with Visa Home
Premium
installed. I have put some of my Word files on to the laptop from the PC
but
it cant read them.

Please can you tell me if there is a way to get my laptop to read my PC
files once I have transferred them or do I have to get XP installed on to
my
laptop?

Thanking you in advance.
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Hello Philo

Thank you for your reply. I tried to open them using Wordpad but it was not
the proper document, it was just lots of characters with no rhyme or reason
(not to me anyway!!!).

Jo
 
jo said:
Hello

I have a PC which has XP installed and a new desktop with Visa Home Premium
installed. I have put some of my Word files on to the laptop from the PC but
it cant read them.
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First, is MS Word or some other program that can read Word files
installed on the laptop? You can buy Word or download the free Word
viewer from Microsoft
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...88-7CFA-457A-9AEC-F4F827F20CAC&DisplayLang=en),
but that won't let you update the files, only see them. You can also
download Open Office (www.openoffice.com), a free, open-source office
suite that will read and write Office files.

The other possibility is that you have Word 2007 on your PC and an
earlier version on the laptop. In this case, you'll have to either
tell Word on the PC to save in the earlier format (check the file type
dropdown in the Save As box), or download a compatibility pack for the
laptop (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA100444731033.aspx)
 
You're welcome jo.

The fact that you cannot open the files is a very strong indication you do
not have the needed program. I suggest the open source (free) office suite.
www.openoffice.org.

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jo said:
Hello Bob

Thanks for your reply. I really wouldn't know i'm sorry. Is there a way
that
I can find out?

Thanks.

Bob said:
Do you have a Word compatible program or a Word reader on your Vista
machine?
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[When responding to posts, please include the post(s) you are replying to
so
that others may learn and benefit from the issue]

[How to ask a question]
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

jo said:
Hello

I have a PC which has XP installed and a new desktop with Visa Home
Premium
installed. I have put some of my Word files on to the laptop from the
PC
but
it cant read them.

Please can you tell me if there is a way to get my laptop to read my PC
files once I have transferred them or do I have to get XP installed on
to
my
laptop?

Thanking you in advance.
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In Windows Vista, support for Wordpad reading Word files was removed because
of incorrect rendering and formatting problems.
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jo said:
Hello

I have a PC which has XP installed and a new desktop with Visa Home
Premium installed. I have put some of my Word files on to the laptop
from the PC but it cant read them.

Please can you tell me if there is a way to get my laptop to read my
PC files once I have transferred them or do I have to get XP
installed on to my laptop?

Thanking you in advance.
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I suspect the Vista laptop may have Word 2007, saving files as *.docx, that
earlier Word on the XP can't read.

On the laptop, save the files as *.doc, and the XP Word 2003 (???) should be
able to read them.

Paddy
 
I suspect the Vista laptop may have Word 2007, saving files as *.docx, that
earlier Word on the XP can't read.

On the laptop, save the files as *.doc, and the XP Word 2003 (???) should be
able to read them.
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Or download and install the 2007 converter from Microsoft on the older
version.
 
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