justmecpb wrote:
> I've tried multiple times, no luck. Any suggestions?
PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
> 1. See the "How to obtain help..." section of
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969614.
>
> 2. Or uninstall Word Viewer 2003 and install Word Viewer 2007 SP2.
Stefan Kanthak wrote:
> There ain't no "Word Viewer 2007"!
> The "Word Viewer" (without any version specification) available from
> the MS download center is a Word Viewer 2003 SP3.
Shenan Stanley wrote:
> For the OP:
>
> To get a Microsoft Word file 'viewer' that can view 2007 formatted
> files, do
> the following...
>
> - Download and install:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...C-F4F827F20CAC
>
> - Download and install:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...3-c6bb74cd1466
>
> - Download and install:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...3-7ca3e703b916
>
> Then visit http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and do a custom scan
> (with 'install updates for more products' setup) and install the
> high priority at least, avoid the optional hardware updates, choose
> carefully if you go into the optional software updates.
Stefan Kanthak wrote:
<removed Stefan's premature snipping job>
<returned the reply by me to its original full text above>
> ... and (try to) open a *.DOCX: Word Viewer will ask you to download
> and install the Compatibility Pack.
Stefan,
You are a jump in the pool head-first and face the consequences later type,
eh?
Read what I said to do...
Three downloads/three installs. I did not *stop* at one download. You may
have snipped it - but it's back like it was originally posted above...
The first download - the Word Viewer.
The second download - the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word,
Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats.
The third download - the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 2
(SP2).
That gives you the ability to open *.DOCX.
Not that hard - just required one to follow the directions given, as given,
without assuming they knew better and stopping before they finished. ;-)
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