Sharon: It sounds like you've got a Word file, but you do NOT have Word on
your machine. Why don't you email it to me at Anne@ (and then the website
right below my name, not the www. part, tho). When you email it, include
everything you want to change on the document, and I will change it, and
send it back to you as a PDF file, which you *should* be able to open.
************
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"Sharon" . wrote in message
...
Thank You for getting back to me, I had alook in the "Files of Type" and
"Recover Text from any File" is not in there, all I have is Word for
Windows(doc) , Windows Write(wri), Rich Text Format(rtf), Text Documents,
Text Documents Ms-Dos Format, Unicode Text Format & All Documents.

Regards Sharon

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I have told you twice that it is in the File Open dialog. On the File
menu,
select Open. This opens the Open dialog. In the lower left corner, you
will
see a box labeled "Files of type." Click the down arrow and scroll down
to
"Recover Text from Any File." This option was added in Word 97, I
believe.
If you have an older version, you will not see it.

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Sharon" . wrote in message
...
Sorry Suzanne, I don't understand much about computers or where I go to
"Files of Type", there was no mention of Recover Text written anywhere.

Regards Sharon

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

File | Open: for "Files of type" choose Recover Text from Any File.

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"Sharon" . wrote in message
...
Can you please tell me step by step how I can do this because I am
unsure
what to do. Thank you.

Reageards Sharon

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Have you tried using the Recover Text from Any File setting in
Word's
File
Open dialog? If that doesn't help, then you won't be able to
access
this
file.

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"Sharon" . wrote in message
...
Hi Suzanne,
Is there anyway of changing the format back
or
undoing
the
corruption if it is....if so how would I know and can I change
it
back
or
have I lost it completely. If I have lost it competely then I
have
to
delete
it out of my system I thought I could fix the problem as it is
something I
wrote up for my daughter and now I NEED it for the new baby.

Regards Sharon

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

It sounds as if it may have been saved in a different format
or
corrupted.

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"Sharon" . wrote in message
...
Thank You for getting back to me. Yes word pad is under
acessories
but
when I
open up word pad then the file that I want opened, it isn't
there.
I
can't
seem to find the file that I want. It is now under 2003
word
viewer
but
it
is jumbled up with all different signs and codes. I don't
know
how
to
decode
the writing.
Regards Sharon
\ "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Wordpad is part of Windows. Have you looked on the
Programs
menu
under
Accessories?

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Words into Type
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"Sharon" . wrote in message
...
I have tried to open it in word pad but I can't seem to
find
it in
my
system.
I know it was in my secondary hard drive then I got it
put
in
with
my
Main
drive. I t is still in my system but I can't find it in
my
word
pad.
HELP
ME
PLEASE.

"Sharon" wrote:

Hi Suzanne,
I tried to open it in Word pad but it
won't
open.
When I
put
my
secondary hard drive in with the main hard hard drive
which
is
now
Windows XP
as I had an old computer with the basics back then it
doesn't
seem
to
work.
Regards Sharon

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Is there some reason you're not opening this in
WordPad?

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Sharon" . wrote in message

...
Hello everyone,
I have tried everything
that
garfield-n-oldie
had
told
me to do, I have modify the windows
registry...didn't
work,
I
installed
the
free word 2003 viewer...didn't work all I have
now
is
funny
pictures/signs
in
place of the writing. Can someone please help me
decode
this
problem
and
allow me to open my wordpad document.

Thank you...Have a good night.
Regards Sharon

"Sharon" wrote:

Hi Everyone,
I hope everyone is having a
great
day.
My
question is
that
I am trying to open a file in my secondary hard
drive
which is
a
word
pad
document, but everytime I click on to it to
open
it,
it
comes
up
with
"Can
not load word for windows 6.0 files". I have
now
got
Windows
XP
and I
have
put a secondary hard drive (D with my Main
hard
drive
(C
but I
can't
seem
to open it, this is very inperative that I can
open
it.
Please
help me,
much
appreciated.

Regards