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Opening word files.
I have a CD of files I made from my old computer, but they do not open on my
new computer. Little squares are all that display. My old computer had office 2000, my new one has office 2003. How do I get the text of those word documents to show? |
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You'll need to copy the files to your hard disk and change them from
read-only (using Windows Explorer) if you want to work on them. But that doesn't explain the little boxes. Have you used a strange font? Try selecting the entire document and applying a default font like Times or Arial. Failing that, experiment with the options listed under 'Files of Type' on the File Open dialog. "jstramas" wrote in message ... I have a CD of files I made from my old computer, but they do not open on my new computer. Little squares are all that display. My old computer had office 2000, my new one has office 2003. How do I get the text of those word documents to show? |
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Pardon me for horing in on this thread..I was not able to find the switch to
start a new question...my question is: I have a bunch of Word Files with ~$ in front of it....click on Properties show that thw whole file is present...however, when I open the I get this text file: Lina M. Souza (whole bunch of boxes)..which appears to be my wife's email address...how do I open these files? bob "Jezebel" wrote: You'll need to copy the files to your hard disk and change them from read-only (using Windows Explorer) if you want to work on them. But that doesn't explain the little boxes. Have you used a strange font? Try selecting the entire document and applying a default font like Times or Arial. Failing that, experiment with the options listed under 'Files of Type' on the File Open dialog. "jstramas" wrote in message ... I have a CD of files I made from my old computer, but they do not open on my new computer. Little squares are all that display. My old computer had office 2000, my new one has office 2003. How do I get the text of those word documents to show? |
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This is the "owner" file. See €śDescription of how Word creates temporary
files€ť http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211632 -- 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. "Bob" wrote in message news Pardon me for horing in on this thread..I was not able to find the switch to start a new question...my question is: I have a bunch of Word Files with ~$ in front of it....click on Properties show that thw whole file is present...however, when I open the I get this text file: Lina M. Souza (whole bunch of boxes)..which appears to be my wife's email address...how do I open these files? bob "Jezebel" wrote: You'll need to copy the files to your hard disk and change them from read-only (using Windows Explorer) if you want to work on them. But that doesn't explain the little boxes. Have you used a strange font? Try selecting the entire document and applying a default font like Times or Arial. Failing that, experiment with the options listed under 'Files of Type' on the File Open dialog. "jstramas" wrote in message ... I have a CD of files I made from my old computer, but they do not open on my new computer. Little squares are all that display. My old computer had office 2000, my new one has office 2003. How do I get the text of those word documents to show? |
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