Re: Can't Read Word 2003 docs backed up Vista now using Office 2007 SP1

Thanks Terry although that's simply not the case. I double checked and there are no file associations of WinRar or any other zip utility with Word.

CH

"Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:22B3301F-2B67-4FAE-9A07-4E75D1CFB869@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Vista should Unzip the files if you double-click on them - though it sounds as though you have somehow associated ZIP with Word, so you may need to reset the association. Do this from inside Explorer, not on the Desktop.

Terry Farrell

"Chad Harris" <CH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23vrnMf2HJHA.4564@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Graham--Reason for the multiple answers is that Win Mail kept putting up the false error message that it didn't send the message because the image was too large when it sent it every time (and the image was never large). Welcome to Win Mail and the NNTP news reader. Welcome to false Wiudows error messages.

CH

"Graham Mayor" <gmayor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23Lgg$puHJHA.1160@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
If you copy the files from your disc to the hard drive and remove the read only flag from their properties, will they now open?

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Chad Harris wrote:
Before I had Office 2007, I was using Vista (actually since it's Beta
began, and I backed up what I think were my Word 2003 documents to
DVD. I'm not sure if I can determine what version of Word was used
but they should have been Word 2003 before any Betas of 2007 were
available.
I'm using Vista SP1 and Office 2007 SP1 on this box currently and
both have every available update to date.

Now when I go to open up, the backed up docs they show up in
gibberish. I searched the MSKBs, Word Help on the MSFT sites, etc.
and I downloaded the latest version of the MSFT Office Word Viewer. It doesn't help.
I downloaded the "Compatibility Pack" and it did nothing. That'd be
this guy:

For more information about the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack,
and to download the Compatibility Pack, visit the following Microsoft
Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466

I don't believe the documents are corrupted at all. I think there is
something that has to do with XML or the word formatting mismatch
that MSFT has engineered between Word 2003 and Word 2007.

I would appreciate any help at all.

I don't think this is my problem: discussed in this MSKB

How to use earlier versions of Excel, PowerPoint, and Word to open
and save files from 2007 Office programs
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924074

because I have the latest version of Word.

I'm not getting any particular error message and when I saved the
docs, whether I used Word 2003 or Word 2007 I had all the latest
updates.
Thanks much,

CH





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