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11-12-2007
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| | word docs blocked when attached to email when I send a document in word as an attachment to my email - on windows mail - they can't open it at the other end - they get a red circle with a white line thru it. anyone have a solution to this? thx -- jo |
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11-13-2007
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| | Re: word docs blocked when attached to email "jo" <jodiscussions@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:BF28D257-2EDC-44A9-89F1-46B4BA79EA85@xxxxxx Quote: > when I send a document in word as an attachment to my email - on windows > - they can't open it at the other end - they get a red circle with a white > line thru it. anyone have a solution to this? thx > -- > jo The default file type in Word 2007 is *.docx, which earlier versions of Word cannot read. Word 2007 can be told to save a file as a Word 97 - 2003 document. -- Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM www.fjsmjs.com Do not send email |
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11-13-2007
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| | Re: word docs blocked when attached to email You're right the attached doc always show as .docx - I wondered what that was although when I'm saving the files they show as Word97-2003. Do I use the convert file? -- jo "Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" wrote: Quote: > "jo" <jodiscussions@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:BF28D257-2EDC-44A9-89F1-46B4BA79EA85@xxxxxx Quote: > > when I send a document in word as an attachment to my email - on windows > > - they can't open it at the other end - they get a red circle with a white > > line thru it. anyone have a solution to this? thx > > -- > > jo > Do they have the same version of Word that you do? > The default file type in Word 2007 is *.docx, which earlier versions of Word > cannot read. Word 2007 can be told to save a file as a Word 97 - 2003 > document. > > -- > Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM > www.fjsmjs.com > Do not send email > |
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11-13-2007
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| | Re: word docs blocked when attached to email "jo" <jodiscussions@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:028AFC19-17C7-482B-84EA-BC61E1ABFCC4@xxxxxx Quote: > You're right the attached doc always show as .docx - I wondered what that > was > although when I'm saving the files they show as Word97-2003. Do I use the > convert file? > > "Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" wrote: > Quote: >> "jo" <jodiscussions@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:BF28D257-2EDC-44A9-89F1-46B4BA79EA85@xxxxxx Quote: >> > when I send a document in word as an attachment to my email - on >> > windows >> > - they can't open it at the other end - they get a red circle with a >> > white >> > line thru it. anyone have a solution to this? thx >> Do they have the same version of Word that you do? >> The default file type in Word 2007 is *.docx, which earlier versions of >> Word >> cannot read. Word 2007 can be told to save a file as a Word 97 - 2003 >> document. Yes. -- Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM www.fjsmjs.com Do not send email |
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11-13-2007
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| | Re: word docs blocked when attached to email Are you attaching the saved Word document? If so, it should have a .DOC extension. -- Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM] "jo" <jodiscussions@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:028AFC19-17C7-482B-84EA-BC61E1ABFCC4@xxxxxx Quote: > You're right the attached doc always show as .docx - I wondered what that was > although when I'm saving the files they show as Word97-2003. Do I use the > convert file? > -- > jo > > > "Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" wrote: > Quote: >> "jo" <jodiscussions@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:BF28D257-2EDC-44A9-89F1-46B4BA79EA85@xxxxxx Quote: >> > when I send a document in word as an attachment to my email - on windows >> > - they can't open it at the other end - they get a red circle with a white >> > line thru it. anyone have a solution to this? thx >> > -- >> > jo >> Do they have the same version of Word that you do? >> The default file type in Word 2007 is *.docx, which earlier versions of Word >> cannot read. Word 2007 can be told to save a file as a Word 97 - 2003 >> document. >> >> -- >> Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM >> www.fjsmjs.com >> Do not send email >> |
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