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02-25-2008
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| | View .mdi files Hi, I have just purchase a new PC with Vista Business. I have lots of files which were created in the .mdi format on my old PC with Windows XP. How do I view these files in Vista? Any help would be appreciated. David |
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02-25-2008
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| | Re: View .mdi files Assuming you do not have, or do not wish to install, MS Office 2003 or later, this may help: http://www.bugysoft.com/ Otherwise: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/0...h-office-2007/ -- Maxwell Bluemeanie "davidb" <davidb@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:3F764105-6D5B-4D87-8F5E-1F63282660DF@xxxxxx Quote: > Hi, > I have just purchase a new PC with Vista Business. I have lots of files > which were created in the .mdi format on my old PC with Windows XP. How > do I > view these files in Vista? > > Any help would be appreciated. > David |
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02-25-2008
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| | Re: View .mdi files Max, Thanks for the reply. I have MS Office 2007 on my new PC. When I try to open the .mdi file using either Word or Notepad, it comes up as jibberish. It seems that these programs can't read the .mdi file. Any thoughts????? Thanks again. DB "Max" wrote: Quote: > Assuming you do not have, or do not wish to install, MS Office 2003 or > later, this may help: > http://www.bugysoft.com/ > > Otherwise: > http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/0...h-office-2007/ > > -- > Maxwell Bluemeanie > "davidb" <davidb@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:3F764105-6D5B-4D87-8F5E-1F63282660DF@xxxxxx Quote: > > Hi, > > I have just purchase a new PC with Vista Business. I have lots of files > > which were created in the .mdi format on my old PC with Windows XP. How > > do I > > view these files in Vista? > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > David > |
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02-25-2008
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| | Re: View .mdi files "davidb" <davidb@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:24D2A043-15EB-4E11-9C98-31E3B592ED7F@xxxxxx Quote: > Max, > Thanks for the reply. I have MS Office 2007 on my new PC. When I try to > open the .mdi file using either Word or Notepad, it comes up as jibberish. > It seems that these programs can't read the .mdi file. Any thoughts????? > > Thanks again. > DB > > "Max" wrote: > Quote: >> Assuming you do not have, or do not wish to install, MS Office 2003 or >> later, this may help: >> http://www.bugysoft.com/ >> >> Otherwise: >> http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/0...h-office-2007/ >> >> -- >> Maxwell Bluemeanie >> "davidb" <davidb@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:3F764105-6D5B-4D87-8F5E-1F63282660DF@xxxxxx Quote: >> > Hi, >> > I have just purchase a new PC with Vista Business. I have lots of >> > files >> > which were created in the .mdi format on my old PC with Windows XP. >> > How >> > do I >> > view these files in Vista? >> > >> > Any help would be appreciated. >> > David >> You need to install the optional Office Tool, Microsoft Document Imaging to open the *.mdi files. Don |
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02-25-2008
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| | Re: View .mdi files Did you look at the information in the second link---and try it? : http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/0...h-office-2007/ -- Maxwell Bluemeanie "davidb" <davidb@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:24D2A043-15EB-4E11-9C98-31E3B592ED7F@xxxxxx Quote: > Max, > Thanks for the reply. I have MS Office 2007 on my new PC. When I try to > open the .mdi file using either Word or Notepad, it comes up as jibberish. > It seems that these programs can't read the .mdi file. Any thoughts????? > > Thanks again. > DB > > "Max" wrote: > Quote: >> Assuming you do not have, or do not wish to install, MS Office 2003 or >> later, this may help: >> http://www.bugysoft.com/ >> >> Otherwise: >> http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/0...h-office-2007/ >> >> -- >> Maxwell Bluemeanie >> "davidb" <davidb@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:3F764105-6D5B-4D87-8F5E-1F63282660DF@xxxxxx Quote: >> > Hi, >> > I have just purchase a new PC with Vista Business. I have lots of >> > files >> > which were created in the .mdi format on my old PC with Windows XP. >> > How >> > do I >> > view these files in Vista? >> > >> > Any help would be appreciated. >> > David >> |
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