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Vista has changed my files from Word .doc to .txt, and. . .
When I moved from XP to Vista on a new computer and transferred my files and
settings over to it, all my Word '97 files were changed from Word to ".txt" files. I now understand that my Word '97 won't work on Vista and that's why this happened. Now I've bought a registered copy of Word 2000 on ebay, which will work fine on Vista (or so I'm told). I'm waiting for it to get here. In the meantime, I'd like to get an answer to one important question. When I install Word 2000 on my new computer, is there a way to automatically change ALL of my ".txt" docs back to Word in one fell swoop (i.e. all at one time), rather than doing it one doc at a time? -- Thanks, Don |
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Vista has changed my files from Word .doc to .txt, and. . .
Regardless of the extension appended to a document, Word will always
recognise it as a document. I don't see how transferring them could possibly have changed the file itself, only the extension has been changed. Once Word 2000 has been installed, double-clicking the document should open Word. -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Don" wrote in message ... When I moved from XP to Vista on a new computer and transferred my files and settings over to it, all my Word '97 files were changed from Word to ".txt" files. I now understand that my Word '97 won't work on Vista and that's why this happened. Now I've bought a registered copy of Word 2000 on ebay, which will work fine on Vista (or so I'm told). I'm waiting for it to get here. In the meantime, I'd like to get an answer to one important question. When I install Word 2000 on my new computer, is there a way to automatically change ALL of my ".txt" docs back to Word in one fell swoop (i.e. all at one time), rather than doing it one doc at a time? -- Thanks, Don |
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Vista has changed my files from Word .doc to .txt, and. . .
Thanks Terry.
At the moment I only have the Microsoft Works Word Processor installed and when I open any of my "moved from XP" Word '97" documents directly, from explorer, they open as .txt with all sorts of giggly-gooks on the page with the basic text document. From what you've told me, I assume this will change once I install Word 2000. Thanks again for the help. -- "Don" wrote: When I moved from XP to Vista on a new computer and transferred my files and settings over to it, all my Word '97 files were changed from Word to ".txt" files. I now understand that my Word '97 won't work on Vista and that's why this happened. Now I've bought a registered copy of Word 2000 on ebay, which will work fine on Vista (or so I'm told). I'm waiting for it to get here. In the meantime, I'd like to get an answer to one important question. When I install Word 2000 on my new computer, is there a way to automatically change ALL of my ".txt" docs back to Word in one fell swoop (i.e. all at one time), rather than doing it one doc at a time? -- Thanks, Don |
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Vista has changed my files from Word .doc to .txt, and. . .
Yes, once you have a version of Word installed then your documents will open
correctly in Word. The problem you are encountering right now is Works doesn't recognize Word documents. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Don" wrote in message ... Thanks Terry. At the moment I only have the Microsoft Works Word Processor installed and when I open any of my "moved from XP" Word '97" documents directly, from explorer, they open as .txt with all sorts of giggly-gooks on the page with the basic text document. From what you've told me, I assume this will change once I install Word 2000. Thanks again for the help. -- "Don" wrote: When I moved from XP to Vista on a new computer and transferred my files and settings over to it, all my Word '97 files were changed from Word to ".txt" files. I now understand that my Word '97 won't work on Vista and that's why this happened. Now I've bought a registered copy of Word 2000 on ebay, which will work fine on Vista (or so I'm told). I'm waiting for it to get here. In the meantime, I'd like to get an answer to one important question. When I install Word 2000 on my new computer, is there a way to automatically change ALL of my ".txt" docs back to Word in one fell swoop (i.e. all at one time), rather than doing it one doc at a time? -- Thanks, Don |
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Vista has changed my files from Word .doc to .txt, and. . .
Great! Thanks to both of you for responding to my question.
-- Thanks, Don "Beth Melton" wrote: Yes, once you have a version of Word installed then your documents will open correctly in Word. The problem you are encountering right now is Works doesn't recognize Word documents. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Don" wrote in message ... Thanks Terry. At the moment I only have the Microsoft Works Word Processor installed and when I open any of my "moved from XP" Word '97" documents directly, from explorer, they open as .txt with all sorts of giggly-gooks on the page with the basic text document. From what you've told me, I assume this will change once I install Word 2000. Thanks again for the help. -- "Don" wrote: When I moved from XP to Vista on a new computer and transferred my files and settings over to it, all my Word '97 files were changed from Word to ".txt" files. I now understand that my Word '97 won't work on Vista and that's why this happened. Now I've bought a registered copy of Word 2000 on ebay, which will work fine on Vista (or so I'm told). I'm waiting for it to get here. In the meantime, I'd like to get an answer to one important question. When I install Word 2000 on my new computer, is there a way to automatically change ALL of my ".txt" docs back to Word in one fell swoop (i.e. all at one time), rather than doing it one doc at a time? -- Thanks, Don |
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Vista has changed my files from Word .doc to .txt, and. . .
On Thu, 3 Jan 2008 08:38:01 -0800, Don wrote:
I now understand that my Word '97 won't work on Vista Rubbish. Word 97 works fine on Vista. -- Chris Game Life would be much easier if I had the source code. |
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Vista has changed my files from Word .doc to .txt, and. . .
On Thu, 3 Jan 2008 12:36:02 -0800, Don wrote:
At the moment I only have the Microsoft Works Word Processor installed Ah! Now he tells us... -- Chris Game By God, for a moment there it all made sense... |
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Vista has changed my files from Word .doc to .txt, and. . .
Ah, I wish I were as smart as you, Chris.
-- Thanks, Don "Chris Game" wrote: On Thu, 3 Jan 2008 08:38:01 -0800, Don wrote: I now understand that my Word '97 won't work on Vista Rubbish. Word 97 works fine on Vista. -- Chris Game Life would be much easier if I had the source code. |
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Vista has changed my files from Word .doc to .txt, and. . .
On Fri, 4 Jan 2008 06:31:01 -0800, Don wrote:
Ah, I wish I were as smart as you, Chris. The way my brain is decaying, it won't be long... -- Chris Game "Imagination is more important than knowledge." -- Albert Einstein |
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