Paul - think I've sorted it - seems it was to do with "compatability" of
documents - thanks for the offer of help though - much appreciated.
"Paul Smith" wrote:
> "schumbley@btopenworld.com"
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> > Hi
> >
> > I've been trying to open a file from the NHS public website which ends
> > .doc
> > (says the type is doc_auto_file) without success.
> >
> > When I click to open or save a message comes up saying "Internet Explorer
> > wants to open web content - NAME - Windows Wordpad Application /
> > Publisher -
> > Microsoft Windows" & get to choice to allow or not allow. When I click on
> > "allow" all that comes up in the document is a random selection of
> > letters/numbers/symbols.
> >
> > Can anyone please advise on a way round this on vista (without resulting
> > to
> > getting rid of it!!) - I have Microsoft Office Word 2007 already installed
> > on
> > my computer as thought that would enable to open these documents.
> >
> > Hope someone can help
>
> What's the URL to the document? I'll have a look.
>
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