Opening XP docs in Vista

I have tried to open old word docs in vista but they will not open. Any
advice?

theleveller wrote:
> I have tried to open old word docs in vista but they will not open.
> Any advice?
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Do you have Word installed?

Have you tried the Word newsgroup?

Word General Questions
http://tinyurl.com/bdke4

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"theleveller" <> wrote in message
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> I have tried to open old word docs in vista but they will not open. Any
> advice?



Have you actually got Word installed on your Vista machine? If you don't
have Word, and don't want to buy it, you can install the free Word Viewer:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/wo...CH100970181033

You cannot edit your documents with the viewer, and you cannot make new
ones, obviously.

The viewers on that page do not seem to open documents from versions of Word
previous to Word 2000.

ss.

Word is not to do with Windows or Vista. You need a MS Word program.

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Ian

"theleveller" <> wrote in message
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> I have tried to open old word docs in vista but they will not open. Any
> advice?
>

Word is not and never has been a part of any Microsoft operating system. You
can download the free OpenOffice and accomplish most things that Office 2007
will do. http://www.openoffice.org Go for it!
"theleveller" <> wrote in message
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> I have tried to open old word docs in vista but they will not open. Any
> advice?

On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:16:06 -0700, theleveller
<> wrote:

> I have tried to open old word docs in vista but they will not open. Any
> advice?


Although I don't know for sure that I'm right, I'll guess that you
don't have Word installed.

If you expected to find Word on your new Vista machine, let me point
out that neither Windows Vista nor any other version of Windows has
ever come with Word nor with any other significant application
software.

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. Or acquire an alternative word processor such as WordPerfect or
OpenOffice.

If your previous computer, running an older version of Windows, came
with Word, it was because the vendor who sold it bundled it as part of
the package he sold you, not because that version of Windows came with
it. Some, but not all, vendors do the same with Windows Vista.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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