Word97 File In Vista

[Ray]

Unable to open Word97 (*.doc) scanned image files in Vista. These were
created with XP.Based on
previous suggestions I downloaded MS Wordviewer and MS Compatibility Pack
but
they did not help. There must be a way that Vista can handle these files -
but I can not find a solution. Will appreciate any assistance.

 

[Tom Ferguson]

Sorry, the expression "Word97 (*.doc) scanned image files" means nothing
to me. What is the format of the file you end up with? Is it some variety
of doc file?

Tom
MSMVP 1998-2007

 

[Chris Game]

Unable to open Word97 (*.doc) scanned image files in Vista.
These were created with XP.Based on previous suggestions I
downloaded MS Wordviewer and MS Compatibility Pack but they did
not help. There must be a way that Vista can handle these files
- but I can not find a solution. Will appreciate any assistance.

MS-Word 97 works fine under Vista, graphics and all. Have you got
Office97 installed? Is it just the scanned images that cause a
problem?

 

[Ray]

MS Word97 program that came with XP and creates documents with a .doc
extention.

 

[Ray]

What I have (Came with Vista) is Microsoft Works word processor.

 

[Ray]

Thanks to people who suggested I install OpenOffice - It works great and now
I will uninstall the MS document creation crap.

 

[Chris Game]

What I have (Came with Vista) is Microsoft Works word processor.

This is not the same as MS-Word!

 

[Charles W Davis]

Ray,

You have a great work around. There is no reason to refer to "...MS document
creation crap...."