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Older computer with Works 6 plus Word 2002. Today received files that when
tried to open got a popup saying it was created with a later ver. of Word and would need a "convertor" to read. Checked the Office DL site, but noticed there were several choices - couple very large - 4 and 2 hrs for DL. On dialup that will be magnified. Would very much appreciate if someone could offer help and advice as to best course. Thanks in advance bobnrobin |
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The best solution would have your sender save the files in a older version and
then resend them to you. -- Mary Sauer http://msauer.mvps.org/ "bobnrobin" wrote in message ... Older computer with Works 6 plus Word 2002. Today received files that when tried to open got a popup saying it was created with a later ver. of Word and would need a "convertor" to read. Checked the Office DL site, but noticed there were several choices - couple very large - 4 and 2 hrs for DL. On dialup that will be magnified. Would very much appreciate if someone could offer help and advice as to best course. Thanks in advance bobnrobin |
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Mary's advice is the most practical, but in order to open Word 2007
documents and display Word 2007 fonts, you will need the compatibility pack - http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/pr...686761033.aspx -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org bobnrobin wrote: Older computer with Works 6 plus Word 2002. Today received files that when tried to open got a popup saying it was created with a later ver. of Word and would need a "convertor" to read. Checked the Office DL site, but noticed there were several choices - couple very large - 4 and 2 hrs for DL. On dialup that will be magnified. Would very much appreciate if someone could offer help and advice as to best course. Thanks in advance bobnrobin |
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"Mary Sauer" wrote: The best solution would have your sender save the files in a older version and then resend them to you. -- Mary Sauer http://msauer.mvps.org/ Thanks, Mary. Don't I wish ! However, it's an online educational site, and I seriously doubt that they would do that for one potential student.... In any case would still have to be able to access future materials. Thanks again, you are right - that would be best ! bobnrobin "bobnrobin" wrote in message ... Older computer with Works 6 plus Word 2002. Today received files that when tried to open got a popup saying it was created with a later ver. of Word and would need a "convertor" to read. Checked the Office DL site, but noticed there were several choices - couple very large - 4 and 2 hrs for DL. On dialup that will be magnified. Would very much appreciate if someone could offer help and advice as to best course. Thanks in advance bobnrobin |
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Hey bobnrobin, If you have a snail mail address I'd be glad to send the file to
you. You can email me mary-sauer at columbus.rr.com -- Mary Sauer http://msauer.mvps.org/ "bobnrobin" wrote in message ... "Mary Sauer" wrote: The best solution would have your sender save the files in a older version and then resend them to you. -- Mary Sauer http://msauer.mvps.org/ Thanks, Mary. Don't I wish ! However, it's an online educational site, and I seriously doubt that they would do that for one potential student.... In any case would still have to be able to access future materials. Thanks again, you are right - that would be best ! bobnrobin "bobnrobin" wrote in message ... Older computer with Works 6 plus Word 2002. Today received files that when tried to open got a popup saying it was created with a later ver. of Word and would need a "convertor" to read. Checked the Office DL site, but noticed there were several choices - couple very large - 4 and 2 hrs for DL. On dialup that will be magnified. Would very much appreciate if someone could offer help and advice as to best course. Thanks in advance bobnrobin |
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"Graham Mayor" wrote: Mary's advice is the most practical, but in order to open Word 2007 documents and display Word 2007 fonts, you will need the compatibility pack - http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/pr...686761033.aspx -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Thanks, Graham, In retrospect, why did I not even think about future versions of Word not being backward compatible.... Thanks for the link. That's my option for now, so will just have to grin and bear it. Thanks again, for taking the time to reply. bobnrobin bobnrobin wrote: Older computer with Works 6 plus Word 2002. Today received files that when tried to open got a popup saying it was created with a later ver. of Word and would need a "convertor" to read. Checked the Office DL site, but noticed there were several choices - couple very large - 4 and 2 hrs for DL. On dialup that will be magnified. Would very much appreciate if someone could offer help and advice as to best course. Thanks in advance bobnrobin |
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New versions *are* backward-compatible, but old versions cannot always be
"forward compatible." In this case, the file format was changed between Word 2003 and Word 2007 (as it also was between 95 and 97), so a converter is required. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "bobnrobin" wrote in message ... "Graham Mayor" wrote: Mary's advice is the most practical, but in order to open Word 2007 documents and display Word 2007 fonts, you will need the compatibility pack - http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/pr...686761033.aspx -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Thanks, Graham, In retrospect, why did I not even think about future versions of Word not being backward compatible.... Thanks for the link. That's my option for now, so will just have to grin and bear it. Thanks again, for taking the time to reply. bobnrobin bobnrobin wrote: Older computer with Works 6 plus Word 2002. Today received files that when tried to open got a popup saying it was created with a later ver. of Word and would need a "convertor" to read. Checked the Office DL site, but noticed there were several choices - couple very large - 4 and 2 hrs for DL. On dialup that will be magnified. Would very much appreciate if someone could offer help and advice as to best course. Thanks in advance bobnrobin |
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