XP Office Viewer ... I have XP Home & Son has XP Office 2007

U

UKUser007

Hello

We recently bought our son a laptop for schoolwork which had to have XP
Office and today he sent a .docx file over for me to print but it wouldn't
open as I only have XP Home with Works Suite.

It took me to a download page and I downloaded the Microsoft Office Word
Viewer 2003 and it installed. On the download page it said that I should be
able to view a list of documents and .docx would be one of them.

I went to Start, All Programmes, clicked on Office Word Viewer and tried to
open the document (.docx) but it wanted me to do more downloads and this is
where I stopped as I wasn't sure what I was doing.

I already have on my computer the xl viewer and powerpoint viewer as I do
get sent these documents to read and then print off.

Any tips on what I should do and if I have downloaded something wrong would
be appreciated as we can't afford to buy him his own printer as well as just
buying the laptop.

Thank you very much.

UK
 
M

M.I.5¾

UKUser007 said:
Hello

We recently bought our son a laptop for schoolwork which had to have XP
Office and today he sent a .docx file over for me to print but it wouldn't
open as I only have XP Home with Works Suite.

It took me to a download page and I downloaded the Microsoft Office Word
Viewer 2003 and it installed. On the download page it said that I should
be
able to view a list of documents and .docx would be one of them.

I went to Start, All Programmes, clicked on Office Word Viewer and tried
to
open the document (.docx) but it wanted me to do more downloads and this
is
where I stopped as I wasn't sure what I was doing.

I already have on my computer the xl viewer and powerpoint viewer as I do
get sent these documents to read and then print off.

Any tips on what I should do and if I have downloaded something wrong
would
be appreciated as we can't afford to buy him his own printer as well as
just
buying the laptop.
Click to expand...

If the two laptops have WiFi built in, why not share your printer with your
son's laptop?
 
M

M.I.5¾

UKUser007 said:
Hello

We recently bought our son a laptop for schoolwork which had to have XP
Office and today he sent a .docx file over for me to print but it wouldn't
open as I only have XP Home with Works Suite.

It took me to a download page and I downloaded the Microsoft Office Word
Viewer 2003 and it installed. On the download page it said that I should
be
able to view a list of documents and .docx would be one of them.

I went to Start, All Programmes, clicked on Office Word Viewer and tried
to
open the document (.docx) but it wanted me to do more downloads and this
is
where I stopped as I wasn't sure what I was doing.

I already have on my computer the xl viewer and powerpoint viewer as I do
get sent these documents to read and then print off.

Any tips on what I should do and if I have downloaded something wrong
would
be appreciated as we can't afford to buy him his own printer as well as
just
buying the laptop.
Click to expand...

Another solution is for you to install OpenOffice on your laptop. This
opens MS Office documents (and probably better than Word Viewer). And it's
FREE!
 
N

nass

UKUser007 said:
Hello

We recently bought our son a laptop for schoolwork which had to have XP
Office and today he sent a .docx file over for me to print but it wouldn't
open as I only have XP Home with Works Suite.

It took me to a download page and I downloaded the Microsoft Office Word
Viewer 2003 and it installed. On the download page it said that I should be
able to view a list of documents and .docx would be one of them.

I went to Start, All Programmes, clicked on Office Word Viewer and tried to
open the document (.docx) but it wanted me to do more downloads and this is
where I stopped as I wasn't sure what I was doing.

I already have on my computer the xl viewer and powerpoint viewer as I do
get sent these documents to read and then print off.

Any tips on what I should do and if I have downloaded something wrong would
be appreciated as we can't afford to buy him his own printer as well as just
buying the laptop.

Thank you very much.

UK
Click to expand...


Hi,
Get the open office Application it is the equal version of MS Office and it
will allow you do open and Edit/compose and i think it has the feature of
making/Convert to and from PDF to other .Docs types.
http://download.openoffice.org/
HTH.
nass
 
U

UKUser007

Thank you both for taking time out to help.

MI5 - We have a desktop (mine) and laptop (son) and he accesses wirelessly
and I think I have wireless on my desktop I access through the phone lines
and I wouldn't know where to start trying to sort out a printer wirelessly.

I haven't heard about OpenOffice but I will read up about that later.

David - I don't have Office on my desktop. I have XP Home Edition (1½ years
old) and Work Suite (older from a computer we don't use anymore).

Is there a compatibility for xp home?

Thank you both very much.
 
U

UKUser007

Hello Nass

I've copied down all the information and will have a read later and I've
bookmarked your site to have a proper read of later.

Many thanks MI5 and David too.

Regards

UK
 
D

David Webb

The MS operating systems themselves do not come with any Office applications.

You stated that you installed the Office Word Viewer. By installing the
compatibility update you will then be enable to access the files formatted in
the Office 2007 format (.docx).

Along with most legacy Office programs, it also updates these viewers:

Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003
Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003
Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer 2003

For more detaled info read the content of the link I previously cited.
 
H

HeyBub

UKUser007 said:
Hello

We recently bought our son a laptop for schoolwork which had to have
XP Office and today he sent a .docx file over for me to print but it
wouldn't open as I only have XP Home with Works Suite.

It took me to a download page and I downloaded the Microsoft Office
Word Viewer 2003 and it installed. On the download page it said that
I should be able to view a list of documents and .docx would be one
of them.

I went to Start, All Programmes, clicked on Office Word Viewer and
tried to open the document (.docx) but it wanted me to do more
downloads and this is where I stopped as I wasn't sure what I was
doing.

I already have on my computer the xl viewer and powerpoint viewer as
I do get sent these documents to read and then print off.

Any tips on what I should do and if I have downloaded something wrong
would be appreciated as we can't afford to buy him his own printer as
well as just buying the laptop.

Thank you very much.
Click to expand...

Don't bother with half-assed measures. Buy your own copy of Office 2007
Professional.

http://www.eggsoftware.com/windows-...ial-1537.htm?gclid=CMCS8cf7qpICFSAWawodOTVQRA

At that price, I'd buy two, and keep one as a backup.
 
K

Ken Blake, MVP

Hello

We recently bought our son a laptop for schoolwork which had to have XP
Office and today he sent a .docx file over for me to print but it wouldn't
open as I only have XP Home with Works Suite.

It took me to a download page and I downloaded the Microsoft Office Word
Viewer 2003 and it installed. On the download page it said that I should be
able to view a list of documents and .docx would be one of them.

I went to Start, All Programmes, clicked on Office Word Viewer and tried to
open the document (.docx) but it wanted me to do more downloads and this is
where I stopped as I wasn't sure what I was doing.

I already have on my computer the xl viewer and powerpoint viewer as I do
get sent these documents to read and then print off.

Any tips on what I should do and if I have downloaded something wrong would
be appreciated as we can't afford to buy him his own printer as well as just
buying the laptop.
Click to expand...


Perhaps the easiest solution would be for him to do a "Save as"
instead of "Save," and choose to save the file in the old doc format
instead of docx. Your Word viewer should then open the file without a
problem.
 

Ask a Question

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?

You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments. After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.

Ask a Question

Similar Threads

XP Pro Update Cutoff; I need a full list 3
Word 2007 document docx renemed to doc 1
Windows XP/Office 2007 9
Opening .docx files with Word 2003 4
XP Home failed to installed security updates 4
Office 2003 on Win7 Pro - also XP 10
Office 2003 "needs to close" 5
MS Viewer Updates 6

Top