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A colleague put a Word document onto a floppy disc for me and, as I haven't got a floppy drive, I d/loaded it onto another pc which doesn't have MS Office, then emailed to myself. Now when I try to open it in Word it comes up with an error message that says " The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions. * Check the file permissions for the document or drive. * Use the file open dialogue box to locate the document." Whe I click on the icon Word opens up then comes up with this message Anyone help? TIA Steve |
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Save the attachment to your HD and open it from within Word - *don't*
dbl-click the attachment. For all intents & purposes, assume that "attachments" don't actually exist as files. -- HTH |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac "Steve" sr2000{at}talk21{dot}com wrote in message ... Hi A colleague put a Word document onto a floppy disc for me and, as I haven't got a floppy drive, I d/loaded it onto another pc which doesn't have MS Office, then emailed to myself. Now when I try to open it in Word it comes up with an error message that says " The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions. * Check the file permissions for the document or drive. * Use the file open dialogue box to locate the document." Whe I click on the icon Word opens up then comes up with this message Anyone help? TIA Steve |
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I've just tried that and it still comes up with the same error message Steve "CyberTaz" typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet wrote in message ... Save the attachment to your HD and open it from within Word - *don't* dbl-click the attachment. For all intents & purposes, assume that "attachments" don't actually exist as files. -- HTH |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac "Steve" sr2000{at}talk21{dot}com wrote in message ... Hi A colleague put a Word document onto a floppy disc for me and, as I haven't got a floppy drive, I d/loaded it onto another pc which doesn't have MS Office, then emailed to myself. Now when I try to open it in Word it comes up with an error message that says " The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions. * Check the file permissions for the document or drive. * Use the file open dialogue box to locate the document." Whe I click on the icon Word opens up then comes up with this message Anyone help? TIA Steve |
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Then there could be any number of other possibilities, including that the
file may have been corrupted on the floppy - especially if it was saved directly to the floppy rather than being copied or if it was attached to the email directly from the floppy. All I can suggest is that you try one of the following: 1- Have the other person email the file straight to you, or 2- Copy the file from the floppy to a Windows machine, then try to open it using WordPad (if Word isn't available on that system). In order to do so, launch WordPad & go to FileOpen, change the Files of Type: to Word for Windows (.doc) and if it opens OK close and resend that copy as an email attachment. -- HTH |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac "Steve" sr2000{at}talk21{dot}com wrote in message ... Hi I've just tried that and it still comes up with the same error message Steve "CyberTaz" typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet wrote in message ... Save the attachment to your HD and open it from within Word - *don't* dbl-click the attachment. For all intents & purposes, assume that "attachments" don't actually exist as files. -- HTH |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac "Steve" sr2000{at}talk21{dot}com wrote in message ... Hi A colleague put a Word document onto a floppy disc for me and, as I haven't got a floppy drive, I d/loaded it onto another pc which doesn't have MS Office, then emailed to myself. Now when I try to open it in Word it comes up with an error message that says " The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions. * Check the file permissions for the document or drive. * Use the file open dialogue box to locate the document." Whe I click on the icon Word opens up then comes up with this message Anyone help? TIA Steve |
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Instead of opening the e-mail attachment by clicking on it, save the
attachment to your hard drive. Then, open Word and open the file by using the File Open dialogue and navigating to the directory you used to save the file. Let us know. Tom Windows Shell/User "Steve" sr2000{at}talk21{dot}com wrote in message ... Hi A colleague put a Word document onto a floppy disc for me and, as I haven't got a floppy drive, I d/loaded it onto another pc which doesn't have MS Office, then emailed to myself. Now when I try to open it in Word it comes up with an error message that says " The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions. * Check the file permissions for the document or drive. * Use the file open dialogue box to locate the document." Whe I click on the icon Word opens up then comes up with this message Anyone help? TIA Steve |
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No matter which way I try it still comes up with the same message. It must
have got corrupted somewhere along the line. I'll have to see if I can get it another way. The person who I had it off doesn't have email, I don't have a floppy drive and the computer that I used to read the disc doesn't have MS Office. Thanks to everyone for their input. Steve "Tom Ferguson" wrote in message ... Instead of opening the e-mail attachment by clicking on it, save the attachment to your hard drive. Then, open Word and open the file by using the File Open dialogue and navigating to the directory you used to save the file. Let us know. Tom Windows Shell/User "Steve" sr2000{at}talk21{dot}com wrote in message ... Hi A colleague put a Word document onto a floppy disc for me and, as I haven't got a floppy drive, I d/loaded it onto another pc which doesn't have MS Office, then emailed to myself. Now when I try to open it in Word it comes up with an error message that says " The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions. * Check the file permissions for the document or drive. * Use the file open dialogue box to locate the document." Whe I click on the icon Word opens up then comes up with this message Anyone help? TIA Steve |
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It seems like you're going thru an awful lot of steps - each one could be
the issue. Do you have a little flash drive to use to transfer the file to your computer? -- JoAnn Paules Microsoft MVP - Publisher How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "Steve" sr2000{at}talk21{dot}com wrote in message ... No matter which way I try it still comes up with the same message. It must have got corrupted somewhere along the line. I'll have to see if I can get it another way. The person who I had it off doesn't have email, I don't have a floppy drive and the computer that I used to read the disc doesn't have MS Office. Thanks to everyone for their input. Steve "Tom Ferguson" wrote in message ... Instead of opening the e-mail attachment by clicking on it, save the attachment to your hard drive. Then, open Word and open the file by using the File Open dialogue and navigating to the directory you used to save the file. Let us know. Tom Windows Shell/User "Steve" sr2000{at}talk21{dot}com wrote in message ... Hi A colleague put a Word document onto a floppy disc for me and, as I haven't got a floppy drive, I d/loaded it onto another pc which doesn't have MS Office, then emailed to myself. Now when I try to open it in Word it comes up with an error message that says " The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions. * Check the file permissions for the document or drive. * Use the file open dialogue box to locate the document." Whe I click on the icon Word opens up then comes up with this message Anyone help? TIA Steve |
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Try again and hope that the floppy itself is not corrupted (if it is, ask
the person you got it from to try again, using Windows Explorer to copy the file to the disk instead of using Save As, if that is what perhaps caused the problem). Copy the file from the floppy to Computer #1. Then use a file compression utility such as WinZip to zip the file before attaching it to your email. This will further protect it from corruption in cyberspace. Email the compressed file as an attachment to yourself at the computer where you have Office installed. When you receive the email, do not try to open the attachment directly. Save it to the HD, unzip it there, and then open it in Word--fingers crossed! -- 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. "Steve" sr2000{at}talk21{dot}com wrote in message ... No matter which way I try it still comes up with the same message. It must have got corrupted somewhere along the line. I'll have to see if I can get it another way. The person who I had it off doesn't have email, I don't have a floppy drive and the computer that I used to read the disc doesn't have MS Office. Thanks to everyone for their input. Steve "Tom Ferguson" wrote in message ... Instead of opening the e-mail attachment by clicking on it, save the attachment to your hard drive. Then, open Word and open the file by using the File Open dialogue and navigating to the directory you used to save the file. Let us know. Tom Windows Shell/User "Steve" sr2000{at}talk21{dot}com wrote in message ... Hi A colleague put a Word document onto a floppy disc for me and, as I haven't got a floppy drive, I d/loaded it onto another pc which doesn't have MS Office, then emailed to myself. Now when I try to open it in Word it comes up with an error message that says " The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions. * Check the file permissions for the document or drive. * Use the file open dialogue box to locate the document." Whe I click on the icon Word opens up then comes up with this message Anyone help? TIA Steve |
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