Vista - error opening .DOC attachments

I have error message when trying to open an attachment. I am told to create
an association in the set associations control panel. As far as i can see
this is already done. The Dell pc is 1 month old and came with vista
preinstalled. I have Mcafee antivirus preinstalled on it.
My knowledge of the pc is very limited and i am scared to try anything else,
not that i would know what to try anyway without advise.
Can anyone help please?

Microsoft Office's Word will open .doc files. You can download a two
month trial at http://us1.trymicrosoftoffice.com/de...?culture=en-US
After that they require you to pay $150 for the home & student version.

While you're using it, you could evaluate its advantages over OpenOffice,
which also will open .doc files. You don't have to pay for OpenOffice.

"sulu" <sulu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0E4651B3-5CE1-465B-A251-63C17326C06F@microsoft.com...
>I have error message when trying to open an attachment. I am told to create
> an association in the set associations control panel. As far as i can see
> this is already done. The Dell pc is 1 month old and came with vista
> preinstalled. I have Mcafee antivirus preinstalled on it.
> My knowledge of the pc is very limited and i am scared to try anything else,
> not that i would know what to try anyway without advise.
> Can anyone help please?

Hello,

Do you have Microsoft Word (or something compatible like OpenOffice)
installed on your PC? If not, that would be the source of your problem.

Tim


"sulu" wrote:

> I have error message when trying to open an attachment. I am told to create
> an association in the set associations control panel. As far as i can see
> this is already done. The Dell pc is 1 month old and came with vista
> preinstalled. I have Mcafee antivirus preinstalled on it.
> My knowledge of the pc is very limited and i am scared to try anything else,
> not that i would know what to try anyway without advise.
> Can anyone help please?

Thanks. I have microsoft works installed is this the same thing?. If it is
then it is not opening the .DOC files.
Sulu.

"Michael Jennings" wrote:

> Microsoft Office's Word will open .doc files. You can download a two
> month trial at http://us1.trymicrosoftoffice.com/de...?culture=en-US
> After that they require you to pay $150 for the home & student version.
>
> While you're using it, you could evaluate its advantages over OpenOffice,
> which also will open .doc files. You don't have to pay for OpenOffice.
>
> "sulu" <sulu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0E4651B3-5CE1-465B-A251-63C17326C06F@microsoft.com...
> >I have error message when trying to open an attachment. I am told to create
> > an association in the set associations control panel. As far as i can see
> > this is already done. The Dell pc is 1 month old and came with vista
> > preinstalled. I have Mcafee antivirus preinstalled on it.
> > My knowledge of the pc is very limited and i am scared to try anything else,
> > not that i would know what to try anyway without advise.
> > Can anyone help please?
>
>
>

Yes, Microsoft works has its own word processor called Works Word Processor.
The simplest way to open this will be to locate Works Word Processor in your
start menu and open that. Then click file>open and locate the .doc file you
have spoken of and this should open the file.

You can set up an association with the .doc file extension meaning you will
be able to just click the icon of the .doc file and it will open. Let me
know if you wish to do this.


"sulu" <sulu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:945810C4-79F5-4AF0-AFE5-D78795BC5743@microsoft.com...
> Thanks. I have microsoft works installed is this the same thing?. If it
> is
> then it is not opening the .DOC files.
> Sulu.
>
> "Michael Jennings" wrote:
>
>> Microsoft Office's Word will open .doc files. You can download a two
>> month trial at
>> http://us1.trymicrosoftoffice.com/de...?culture=en-US
>> After that they require you to pay $150 for the home & student version.
>>
>> While you're using it, you could evaluate its advantages over OpenOffice,
>> which also will open .doc files. You don't have to pay for OpenOffice.
>>
>> "sulu" <sulu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:0E4651B3-5CE1-465B-A251-63C17326C06F@microsoft.com...
>> >I have error message when trying to open an attachment. I am told to
>> >create
>> > an association in the set associations control panel. As far as i can
>> > see
>> > this is already done. The Dell pc is 1 month old and came with vista
>> > preinstalled. I have Mcafee antivirus preinstalled on it.
>> > My knowledge of the pc is very limited and i am scared to try anything
>> > else,
>> > not that i would know what to try anyway without advise.
>> > Can anyone help please?
>>
>>
>>

Ben wrote:
>
> Yes, Microsoft works has its own word processor called Works Word Processor.

Thanks Ben. No success. I opened works word clicked file, open but the .DOC
file that was in my email attachments isn't in here, so i can't try and open
it. What can you suggest i try know.
Sulu

"Ben" wrote:

> Yes, Microsoft works has its own word processor called Works Word Processor.
> The simplest way to open this will be to locate Works Word Processor in your
> start menu and open that. Then click file>open and locate the .doc file you
> have spoken of and this should open the file.
>
> You can set up an association with the .doc file extension meaning you will
> be able to just click the icon of the .doc file and it will open. Let me
> know if you wish to do this.
>
>
> "sulu" <sulu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:945810C4-79F5-4AF0-AFE5-D78795BC5743@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks. I have microsoft works installed is this the same thing?. If it
> > is
> > then it is not opening the .DOC files.
> > Sulu.
> >
> > "Michael Jennings" wrote:
> >
> >> Microsoft Office's Word will open .doc files. You can download a two
> >> month trial at
> >> http://us1.trymicrosoftoffice.com/de...?culture=en-US
> >> After that they require you to pay $150 for the home & student version.
> >>
> >> While you're using it, you could evaluate its advantages over OpenOffice,
> >> which also will open .doc files. You don't have to pay for OpenOffice.
> >>
> >> "sulu" <sulu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:0E4651B3-5CE1-465B-A251-63C17326C06F@microsoft.com...
> >> >I have error message when trying to open an attachment. I am told to
> >> >create
> >> > an association in the set associations control panel. As far as i can
> >> > see
> >> > this is already done. The Dell pc is 1 month old and came with vista
> >> > preinstalled. I have Mcafee antivirus preinstalled on it.
> >> > My knowledge of the pc is very limited and i am scared to try anything
> >> > else,
> >> > not that i would know what to try anyway without advise.
> >> > Can anyone help please?
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>

did you save the attachment to somewhere like your desktop?

if not save it there and open works and open it again.


"sulu" <sulu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A9079E3D-7352-415B-9641-01C1B7AFC8C3@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Ben. No success. I opened works word clicked file, open but the
> .DOC
> file that was in my email attachments isn't in here, so i can't try and
> open
> it. What can you suggest i try know.
> Sulu
>
> "Ben" wrote:
>
>> Yes, Microsoft works has its own word processor called Works Word
>> Processor.
>> The simplest way to open this will be to locate Works Word Processor in
>> your
>> start menu and open that. Then click file>open and locate the .doc file
>> you
>> have spoken of and this should open the file.
>>
>> You can set up an association with the .doc file extension meaning you
>> will
>> be able to just click the icon of the .doc file and it will open. Let me
>> know if you wish to do this.
>>
>>
>> "sulu" <sulu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:945810C4-79F5-4AF0-AFE5-D78795BC5743@microsoft.com...
>> > Thanks. I have microsoft works installed is this the same thing?. If
>> > it
>> > is
>> > then it is not opening the .DOC files.
>> > Sulu.
>> >
>> > "Michael Jennings" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Microsoft Office's Word will open .doc files. You can download a two
>> >> month trial at
>> >> http://us1.trymicrosoftoffice.com/de...?culture=en-US
>> >> After that they require you to pay $150 for the home & student
>> >> version.
>> >>
>> >> While you're using it, you could evaluate its advantages over
>> >> OpenOffice,
>> >> which also will open .doc files. You don't have to pay for OpenOffice.
>> >>
>> >> "sulu" <sulu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:0E4651B3-5CE1-465B-A251-63C17326C06F@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I have error message when trying to open an attachment. I am told to
>> >> >create
>> >> > an association in the set associations control panel. As far as i
>> >> > can
>> >> > see
>> >> > this is already done. The Dell pc is 1 month old and came with
>> >> > vista
>> >> > preinstalled. I have Mcafee antivirus preinstalled on it.
>> >> > My knowledge of the pc is very limited and i am scared to try
>> >> > anything
>> >> > else,
>> >> > not that i would know what to try anyway without advise.
>> >> > Can anyone help please?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>

I too am having trouble but just with documents that I passworded when
created in Word. Any ideas on how to get those open in MS Works Word
Processor?

"sulu" wrote:

> I have error message when trying to open an attachment. I am told to create
> an association in the set associations control panel. As far as i can see
> this is already done. The Dell pc is 1 month old and came with vista
> preinstalled. I have Mcafee antivirus preinstalled on it.
> My knowledge of the pc is very limited and i am scared to try anything else,
> not that i would know what to try anyway without advise.
> Can anyone help please?

open them in word & unpassword them, then convert them if you must to works.
works is a basic program, word is much more powerful.
"Hazmanic" <Hazmanic@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FBF1D0E2-213C-4E84-A6A6-9976F84BFEBB@microsoft.com...
>I too am having trouble but just with documents that I passworded when
> created in Word. Any ideas on how to get those open in MS Works Word
> Processor?
>
> "sulu" wrote:
>
>> I have error message when trying to open an attachment. I am told to
>> create
>> an association in the set associations control panel. As far as i can
>> see
>> this is already done. The Dell pc is 1 month old and came with vista
>> preinstalled. I have Mcafee antivirus preinstalled on it.
>> My knowledge of the pc is very limited and i am scared to try anything
>> else,
>> not that i would know what to try anyway without advise.
>> Can anyone help please?