Vista - sending documents via email

I am sending documents via email (have been doing this for years without any
problem) to my work computer but cannot open them becasue the .doc has an x
after it. I have windows vista and a brand new Acer computer at home. How
do I undo this so I can open the documents at work?

The .docx extension means it was saved in the new Office 2007 format.
I understand there are plug-ins that will let earlier versions of Office or
Word read the .docx files but not edit them.

The trick is, at home, when saving, make sure you save it in the earlier
Word format. There's a drop-down list asking you what type of file you want
to save it as. When you save in the earlier Word format, it will be saved as
..doc and not .docx. Then you should be able to open those when you send them
to your office.



"pd" <pd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am sending documents via email (have been doing this for years without
>any
> problem) to my work computer but cannot open them becasue the .doc has an
> x
> after it. I have windows vista and a brand new Acer computer at home.
> How
> do I undo this so I can open the documents at work?

"pd" <pd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:68D9F75A-13AA-491C-A199-3AB1DF0AD11B@microsoft.com...
>I am sending documents via email (have been doing this for years without
>any
> problem) to my work computer but cannot open them becasue the .doc has an
> x
> after it. I have windows vista and a brand new Acer computer at home.
> How
> do I undo this so I can open the documents at work?

Why can't you just rename the file so that the extension is .doc?

The file format .docx is new to Office 2007. You may read about it here.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms406049.aspx

You can use the free converter to view these documents in earlier versions
of Office. You may read about it here.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...444731033.aspx

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"pd" <pd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:68D9F75A-13AA-491C-A199-3AB1DF0AD11B@microsoft.com...
>I am sending documents via email (have been doing this for years without
>any
> problem) to my work computer but cannot open them becasue the .doc has an
> x
> after it. I have windows vista and a brand new Acer computer at home.
> How
> do I undo this so I can open the documents at work?

pd wrote:
> I am sending documents via email (have been doing this for years
> without any problem) to my work computer but cannot open them becasue
> the .doc has an x after it. I have windows vista and a brand new
> Acer computer at home. How do I undo this so I can open the
> documents at work?

Open them in Winzip or similar if you fancy editing them that way ;-)

As Richard said you need really the Compatability pack on your work PC or
Office 2007.

If there are features with Office 2007, and you rename the file to .doc, you
might corrupt the file when opening in Office 2003. If you don't corrupt
the file, any new Office 2007 features will not appear in Office 2003.


"Malcolm H" <malcolmh@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>
> "pd" <pd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:68D9F75A-13AA-491C-A199-3AB1DF0AD11B@microsoft.com...
>>I am sending documents via email (have been doing this for years without
>>any
>> problem) to my work computer but cannot open them becasue the .doc has an
>> x
>> after it. I have windows vista and a brand new Acer computer at home.
>> How
>> do I undo this so I can open the documents at work?
>
> Why can't you just rename the file so that the extension is .doc?
>

I don't have Word 2007, but I suspect that it has the ability to "Save As"
to an earlier version.




"pd" <pd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:68D9F75A-13AA-491C-A199-3AB1DF0AD11B@microsoft.com...
>I am sending documents via email (have been doing this for years without
>any
> problem) to my work computer but cannot open them becasue the .doc has an
> x
> after it. I have windows vista and a brand new Acer computer at home.
> How
> do I undo this so I can open the documents at work?

pd wrote:

> I am sending documents via email (have been doing this for years without any
> problem) to my work computer but cannot open them becasue the .doc has an x
> after it. I have windows vista and a brand new Acer computer at home. How
> do I undo this so I can open the documents at work?


You need to dl and install this compatibility pack from MS.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...444731033.aspx

Frank

Corrupted or not corrupted, any new Office 2007 features will not appear in
Office 2003.
--
Ronald Sommer

"Bill Yanaire MS OS XP BS BFD" <BillYanaire@viceman.com> wrote in message
news:O6XK35ehHHA.3452@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
: If there are features with Office 2007, and you rename the file to .doc,
you
: might corrupt the file when opening in Office 2003. If you don't corrupt
: the file, any new Office 2007 features will not appear in Office 2003.
:
:
: "Malcolm H" <malcolmh@nospam.com> wrote in message
: news:WD1Xh.9100$M_3.4664@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net...
: >
: > "pd" <pd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
: > news:68D9F75A-13AA-491C-A199-3AB1DF0AD11B@microsoft.com...
: >>I am sending documents via email (have been doing this for years without
: >>any
: >> problem) to my work computer but cannot open them becasue the .doc has
an
: >> x
: >> after it. I have windows vista and a brand new Acer computer at home.
: >> How
: >> do I undo this so I can open the documents at work?
: >
: > Why can't you just rename the file so that the extension is .doc?
: >
:
:

I have tried what others have stated by resaving my word documents to an
older version but I still cannot open them at work however when I make a copy
of the converted files and down load them at work I can open them perfectly.
Due to this finding I feel it is a ISP problem but I don't know where to get
an answer.
--
At the foot of Mt. Fuji


"Neil Harley" wrote:

> pd wrote:
> > I am sending documents via email (have been doing this for years
> > without any problem) to my work computer but cannot open them becasue
> > the .doc has an x after it. I have windows vista and a brand new
> > Acer computer at home. How do I undo this so I can open the
> > documents at work?
>
> Open them in Winzip or similar if you fancy editing them that way ;-)
>
> As Richard said you need really the Compatability pack on your work PC or
> Office 2007.
>