On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 07:45:00 -0800, ash
<> wrote:
> wow..thank you so much...all of you..i didn't know this
> its a .doc
> my computer is trying to open the file in wordpad.
That's a Microsoft Word document file, and to open it you need either
Word or a compatible program.
If you want Word, you need to buy it, either alone, as part of
Microsoft Office, or, most inexpensively, as part of Microsoft Works
*Suite* (not regular Microsoft Works). Alternatively, you can acquire
another less expensive or even free word processor, such as that
included with WordPerfect Office, StarOffice, or OpenOffice. Any of
those will let you open .doc files, however, some formatting might be
lost.
You can also download a free Word viewer from Microsoft at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
or
http://tinyurl.com/2pgrpz That will let you view, but not modify or
create .doc files.
By the way, I also want to point out the following: You often see
advice not to open attachments from people you don't know. I think
that that's one of the most dangerous pieces of advice you see around,
because it implies that it's safe to do the opposite--open attachments
from friends and relatives. But many viruses spread by sending
themselves to everyone in the infected party's address book, so
attachments received from friends are perhaps the *most* risky to
open.
Even if the attachment legitimately comes from a friend, it can
contain a virus. I'm not suggesting that a friend is likely to send
you a virus on purpose, but if the friend is infected without
realizing it, any attachment he sends you is likely to also be
infected.
So open this attachment at your own risk. My own practice is not to
open E-mail attachments at all. I make exceptions only for a *very*
few trusted people (trusted to know what they are doing, not just
trusted to be free of malicious intent).
--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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