Sending Word Attachments

[Guest]

I have a new computer with Vista on it.
I also have Microsoft Office 2007.
I was going to use Windows Mail for my email program.
How in the world do I send an attachment?
I've sent it but no one on the other end can open my attachment.

 

[Rojo Habe]

By default, Word 2007 saves in the new .docx format. If the people you're
sending to don't have Word 2007 they won't be able to open it. Before
sending the file you need to save it in the old format. There are a number
of ways ways to do this, depending on how much you're customised your
interface, but out of the box the two main ways are:

1. Click the big round Office button, point to 'Save As' and then click
'Word 97-2003 Document', or
2. Hit F12 to bring up the Save As dialog, and pick 'Word 97-2003
Document' out of the 'Save as type' list.

 

[Guest]

I have also experienced the same issue. Sending Word Documents. I have
saved as Word 97-2003 and yet the receiver always indicates unable to open
the attachments. Any other suggestions to resolve this issue.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

What happens when you send this document to yourself?
Can you open it when you receive that message?

Gary VanderMolen

 

[Guest]

Good Morning:
When sent back to myself it opens fine. I am asked if I want to open the
file, click okay and it opens in word non corrupted.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

That proves your email program is sending it properly, so it is
likely that there is something misconfigured on the recipient's end.

Gary VanderMolen