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this is odd behavior
I was sent several word docs by attachment... I couldn't open them via
Eudora w/o windows xp claiming there was some unspecified component missing and telling me I needed to insert the CD to get the component. However, when I went to the web and opened them via my browser (firefox), they opened perfectly as Word Docs. HUH? Have you ever heard of anything like that happening and if so, what was the problem? TIA |
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this is odd behavior
sf wrote:
I was sent several word docs by attachment... I couldn't open them via Eudora w/o windows xp claiming there was some unspecified component missing and telling me I needed to insert the CD to get the component. However, when I went to the web and opened them via my browser (firefox), they opened perfectly as Word Docs. HUH? Have you ever heard of anything like that happening and if so, what was the problem? TIA The docs may have contained a module that is available in a later version of Microsoft Word that is not yet supported by Eudora, but is supported by Firefox. The CD was apparently referring to the MS Word installation CD where the module is contained. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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this is odd behavior
On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 11:22:30 -0800, Ronnie Vernon MVP wrote:
sf wrote: I was sent several word docs by attachment... I couldn't open them via Eudora w/o windows xp claiming there was some unspecified component missing and telling me I needed to insert the CD to get the component. However, when I went to the web and opened them via my browser (firefox), they opened perfectly as Word Docs. HUH? Have you ever heard of anything like that happening and if so, what was the problem? TIA The docs may have contained a module that is available in a later version of Microsoft Word that is not yet supported by Eudora, but is supported by Firefox. The CD was apparently referring to the MS Word installation CD where the module is contained. |
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On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 11:22:30 -0800, Ronnie Vernon MVP wrote:
sf wrote: I was sent several word docs by attachment... I couldn't open them via Eudora w/o windows xp claiming there was some unspecified component missing and telling me I needed to insert the CD to get the component. However, when I went to the web and opened them via my browser (firefox), they opened perfectly as Word Docs. HUH? Have you ever heard of anything like that happening and if so, what was the problem? TIA The docs may have contained a module that is available in a later version of Microsoft Word that is not yet supported by Eudora, but is supported by Firefox. The CD was apparently referring to the MS Word installation CD where the module is contained. Thanks, Ronnie. It's not my fault, for a change. LOL |
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this is odd behavior
In comp.mail.eudora.ms-windows sf wrote:
I was sent several word docs by attachment... I couldn't open them via Eudora w/o windows xp claiming there was some unspecified component missing and telling me I needed to insert the CD to get the component. Knowing the exact message you get might help. However, when I went to the web and opened them via my browser (firefox), they opened perfectly as Word Docs. HUH? Have you ever heard of anything like that happening and if so, what was the problem? Do they actually open in Word when you open them from Firefox or do they open either within Firefox or in another program? I don't know if there's a plugin to allow opening Word documents within Firefox, but if there is and you have it, that would account for the difference. (I would guess that there is. It seems like a useful thing to have a plugin for.) Eudora just uses the Windows file type settings to open links that you click on, whether they're links to attachments or URLs. What happens if you open the attachment directory and try to open the files from there? You should get the same results. If you don't, then the problem with the files may be with their names, but a naming problem normally results in an error saying that the file doesn't exist, not that you need to install something. The message you're describing sounds like the message MS Office components give when they're not installed or have a problem. -- Katrina |
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Posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers,microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize,comp.mail.eudora.ms-windows
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Katrina Knight wrote: Eudora just uses the Windows file type settings to open links that you click on, whether they're links to attachments or URLs. I found the exe for the file that opens the attachment has to be on the same hard drive as Eudora. I have Eudora in C:\program files\qualcomm\eudora. I had Acrobat Reader in my D:\ drive and had to move it to C:\ to get Eudora to open pdf files. I have Eudora 6.2x & Win 2K (full admin). henry |
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