Re: Word Documents Sent as Attachements

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From: Stephen G. (gorevan_at_honeybeerobotics.com)
Date: 10/21/04 

Date: 21 Oct 2004 16:50:36 -0700

Hi Beth,

I have just noticed that in transferring a picture from my old laptop
to the new that I cannot open an attached JPEG in addition to not
being able to open Microsoft produced documents.

Best Regards,
Steve

Beth Rosengard <bethrosengard@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:<BD9D3B2A.3B12%bethrosengard@earthlink.net>...
> Hi Stephen,
>
> Did you put "Stephen's Attachment" in the title of the email? I'm afraid I
> can't find it. If I trashed it by mistake, I apologize, but you'd better
> send it again.
>
> --
> ***Please always reply to the newsgroup!***
>
> Beth Rosengard
> Mac MVP
>
> Mac Word FAQ: <http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/index.htm>
> Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org>
>
>
>
> On 10/21/04 8:01 AM, in article
> f9a1f501.0410210701.1975e0d0@posting.google.com, "Stephen G."
> <gorevan@honeybeerobotics.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Beth,
> >
> > I have sent an email with a Word attachment to you to your email
> > address separately.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Steve
> >
> > Beth Rosengard <bethrosengard@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> > news:<BD9C3D29.3A6E%bethrosengard@earthlink.net>...
> >> Hi Stephen,
> >>
> >> I was afraid my suggestions weren't going to work. Just for future
> >> reference though, in Entourage, open a new message window as if you're going
> >> to send an email to someone. See the little arrow next to the word
> >> Attachments? Click on it and the Attachments box will expand. Directly
> >> underneath it is the "Encode for any computer..." line. Click on it and the
> >> attachment options will open. The difference is that if you change encoding
> >> here, as opposed to in Preferences, it will apply only to the current
> >> message; in Preferences it would become the default.
> >>
> >> Now, back to your problem. How are you trying to open the attachments?
> >> Have you tried saving one to your desktop and then using File> Open from
> >> within Word to open it?
> >>
> >> Why don't you send one of these attachments to me and let me see what I can
> >> make of it. Put "Stephen's Attachment" in the subject line or your email
> >> will get thrown out with the trash. And if you're a virus writer looking
> >> for a sucker to test a virus on the Mac, curses on you :-).
> >>
> >> --
> >> ***Please always reply to the newsgroup!***
> >>
> >> Beth Rosengard
> >> Mac MVP
> >>
> >> Mac Word FAQ: <http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/index.htm>
> >> Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 10/20/04 12:15 PM, in article
> >> f9a1f501.0410201115.49be6eb6@posting.google.com, "Stephen G."
> >> <gorevan@honeybeerobotics.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Beth,
> >>>
> >>> I successfully ran the disk permission repair from the Disk Utility
> >>> but no luck. Any other ideas?
> >>>
> >>> Best Regards,
> >>> Steve
> >>>
> >>> Beth Rosengard <bethrosengard@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> >>> news:<BD9A942D.3967%bethrosengard@earthlink.net>...
> >>>> Hi Stephen,
> >>>>
> >>>> I sure haven't heard this one before. What version of Word are you in?
> >>>>
> >>>> What email client are you using? If it's Entourage, expand the Attachments
> >>>> pane (click the arrow next to Attachments and then click on the line that
> >>>> says "Encode for any computer (AppleDouble) ...") and then be sure you have
> >>>> "append file extensions" checked. If you're in another client, look for an
> >>>> equivalent command or, in the Word Save/Save As dialog, check "append file
> >>>> extension" or just type .doc after the name of the file. Now try sending
> >>>> the
> >>>> file.doc to your self again. Any better?
> >>>>
> >>>> Also, try repairing disk permissions using the Disk Utility.
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> ***Please always reply to the newsgroup!***
> >>>>
> >>>> Beth Rosengard
> >>>> Mac MVP
> >>>>
> >>>> Mac Word FAQ: <http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/index.htm>
> >>>> Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 10/19/04 9:24 AM, in article
> >>>> f9a1f501.0410190824.462b7368@posting.google.com, "Stephen G."
> >>>> <gorevan@honeybeerobotics.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> With my brand new G4 laptop I am not able to open any Word documents
> >>>>> electronically mailed to me as attachments. Even if I send a Word
> >>>>> document to myself, when I try to open it I am confronted with: "Word
> >>>>> cannot open this document. The doucment might be in use or might not
> >>>>> be a valid Word document". Seems like I have missed something and I
> >>>>> would welcome any advice to help solve my problem. Thanks.

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