Problem opening MS Word 2007 Doc

[Guest]

I am unable to open MS Word 2007 documents sent via e-mail with my MS Word
2002 (Office XP). I receive it as AOL message attachment "winmail.dat." I
have even downloaded the MS Word 2007 converter and still get Error in
opening. I don't understand why I receive it as a .dat file. Where is this
conversion taking place and why doesn't the converter work? Any ideas?

 

[Guest]

Try this:
Dealing with the winmail.dat file: the problem and the solutions
http://www.gpc.edu/~jbenson/resource/winmail.htm

 

[Guest]

Thanks Rey. I'll pass this on to the sender and see what happens.