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gillmac
 
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Default Open for editing doesn't work on word. How do I get this to work?

I have just had to buy a new hard drive as a sweet little virus got into my
last one!! I saved all of my business information and invoices on floppy. I
have no downloaded a few of my invoices but word will not let me open and
edit. I am not sure what I need to do to get into these files but I need to
edit them!! Could anyone please help!! Thank you.
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Do you get some sort of message when you try to open the documents? If so,
what is it?

Are you able to create new documents?

What version of Word?

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"gillmac" wrote in message
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I have just had to buy a new hard drive as a sweet little virus got into my
last one!! I saved all of my business information and invoices on floppy.
I
have no downloaded a few of my invoices but word will not let me open and
edit. I am not sure what I need to do to get into these files but I need
to
edit them!! Could anyone please help!! Thank you.



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Suzanne S. Barnhill
 
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Are you trying to open these documents from the floppy? If so, don't. Copy
them to the HD first.

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"gillmac" wrote in message
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I have just had to buy a new hard drive as a sweet little virus got into

my
last one!! I saved all of my business information and invoices on floppy.

I
have no downloaded a few of my invoices but word will not let me open and
edit. I am not sure what I need to do to get into these files but I need

to
edit them!! Could anyone please help!! Thank you.


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JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]
 
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You bought a new hard disk just because of a virus?

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"gillmac" wrote in message
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I have just had to buy a new hard drive as a sweet little virus got into my
last one!! I saved all of my business information and invoices on floppy.
I
have no downloaded a few of my invoices but word will not let me open and
edit. I am not sure what I need to do to get into these files but I need
to
edit them!! Could anyone please help!! Thank you.



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Suzanne S. Barnhill
 
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I have heard that some people are actually buying new computers because
their old ones are infected with viruses. sigh

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"JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]" wrote in message
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You bought a new hard disk just because of a virus?

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"gillmac" wrote in message
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I have just had to buy a new hard drive as a sweet little virus got into

my
last one!! I saved all of my business information and invoices on

floppy.
I
have no downloaded a few of my invoices but word will not let me open

and
edit. I am not sure what I need to do to get into these files but I need
to
edit them!! Could anyone please help!! Thank you.






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JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]
 
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That's okay if you were going to do it anyway because their systems are as
old as mine but if they are doing it just because of the virus, then I want
to know where they were when I made a living selling computers!

(Truth is, I had customers like that and I advised them to try an anti-virus
first.)

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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I have heard that some people are actually buying new computers because
their old ones are infected with viruses. sigh

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]" wrote in message
...
You bought a new hard disk just because of a virus?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"gillmac" wrote in message
...
I have just had to buy a new hard drive as a sweet little virus got into

my
last one!! I saved all of my business information and invoices on

floppy.
I
have no downloaded a few of my invoices but word will not let me open

and
edit. I am not sure what I need to do to get into these files but I
need
to
edit them!! Could anyone please help!! Thank you.






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