Word Viewer for XP?

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Roosh

Hi.
All I've found on the Microsoft website is the viewer 97
for 2000, 95, 98, NT, etc but no xp. I have Office XP on
disk, but every time I install and run Word, it asks me
for the disk and says that it must install new
components, even after I've followed through those
directions several times -- EVERY single time I open
a .doc -- 'please insert disk'! I became so fed up that I
uninstalled and resorted to using the tiny viewers for
powerpoint, excel & word, which brings me to this post...

Thanks very much.
 
Roosh said:
Hi.
All I've found on the Microsoft website is the viewer 97
for 2000, 95, 98, NT, etc but no xp. I have Office XP on
disk, but every time I install and run Word, it asks me
for the disk and says that it must install new
components, even after I've followed through those
directions several times -- EVERY single time I open
a .doc -- 'please insert disk'! I became so fed up that I
uninstalled and resorted to using the tiny viewers for
powerpoint, excel & word, which brings me to this post...
Click to expand...

I don't believe the file format has changed. WordViewer97 should
open a WordXP document, unless it contains graphics created with
Word's embedded Draw program. WordViewer97 handles Draw98 fine
(Draw98 is an add-on/upgrade for Word97's Draw97).

hth,
-dq
 
Roosh said:
All I've found on the Microsoft website is the viewer 97
for 2000, 95, 98, NT, etc but no xp.
Click to expand...

That runs on XP too, but may not be fully up with some of the extras
added in the most recent Word. I use it as a convenient means of
viewing docs without the overhead of opening Word.

You might find that your underlying problem goes away with a new install
of Word from scratch, making sure you have installed all the optional
components you will need (use a Custom install)
 
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