[spdeplayer2]

i have vista and microsoft works, i downloaded a word viewer to open word
documents but i can"t edit them, any advice?

[Jay Freedman]

On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 19:05:00 -0800, spdeplayer2
wrote:

i have vista and microsoft works, i downloaded a word viewer to open word
documents but i can"t edit them, any advice?

Well, I'm not going to tell you anything you don't know: the Works word
processor can't open Word files, and the viewer is only that.

If the documents are in Word 97 - 2003 format (*.doc, not the Word 2007 *.docx
format), you can edit them with Open Office. It's a free download from
http://www.openoffice.org. If that doesn't do what you need, you'll have to buy
Microsoft Office.

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[Graham Mayor]

I have Works 9 installed and it will open (and save) both Word 97-2003 and
Word 2007 documents in their native formats (albeit with some features of
the document not available to Works wps format lost) , however I also have
Word 2003 and Word 2007 installed so there is every possibility that it can
use the same file converters to open and save the files and I don't suppose
it is possible to install the 2007 converter wiithout a version on Word
present? Nevertheless I am pretty sure that the Works word processor, at
least recent versions, can open Word DOC format - within the limitations of
what that Word Processor can handle.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Jay Freedman wrote:
On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 19:05:00 -0800, spdeplayer2
wrote:

i have vista and microsoft works, i downloaded a word viewer to open
word documents but i can"t edit them, any advice?

Well, I'm not going to tell you anything you don't know: the Works
word processor can't open Word files, and the viewer is only that.

If the documents are in Word 97 - 2003 format (*.doc, not the Word
2007 *.docx format), you can edit them with Open Office. It's a free
download from http://www.openoffice.org. If that doesn't do what you
need, you'll have to buy Microsoft Office.