Please help !!! Have XP on old computer and Vista on new computer.

Hello

I have a PC which has XP installed and a new desktop with Visa Home Premium
installed. I have put some of my Word files on to the laptop from the PC but
it cant read them.

Please can you tell me if there is a way to get my laptop to read my PC
files once I have transferred them or do I have to get XP installed on to my
laptop?

Thanking you in advance.

jo;651043 Wrote:
> Hello
>
> I have a PC which has XP installed and a new desktop with Visa Home
> Premium
> installed. I have put some of my Word files on to the laptop from the
> PC but
> it cant read them.
>
> Please can you tell me if there is a way to get my laptop to read my PC
> files once I have transferred them or do I have to get XP installed on
> to my
> laptop?
>
> Thanking you in advance.

Hi Jo,

You would need to have Office Word installed on Vista as well to see
them normally. WordPad does not read these type of files.

You can also use the free program TextMaker to view your Word documents
in Vista if you do not a Office Word to install on it.

'TextMaker Viewer 2008 - Free document viewer for .doc, .odt, .tmd,
..rtf, and more' (http://www.officeviewers.com/)

Shawn


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Do you have a Word compatible program or a Word reader on your Vista
machine?
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"jo" <> wrote in message
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> Hello
>
> I have a PC which has XP installed and a new desktop with Visa Home
> Premium
> installed. I have put some of my Word files on to the laptop from the PC
> but
> it cant read them.
>
> Please can you tell me if there is a way to get my laptop to read my PC
> files once I have transferred them or do I have to get XP installed on to
> my
> laptop?
>
> Thanking you in advance.
>
>

"jo" <> wrote in message
newsDF2F0DF-B977-4EA4-B872-...
> Hello
>
> I have a PC which has XP installed and a new desktop with Visa Home
Premium
> installed. I have put some of my Word files on to the laptop from the PC
but
> it cant read them.
>
> Please can you tell me if there is a way to get my laptop to read my PC
> files once I have transferred them or do I have to get XP installed on to
my
> laptop?
>
> Thanking you in advance.
>
>

Ideally, your new machine should also have Microsoft Word installed
however Wordpad should be able to read them.

If you want some free software, try Open Office

Hello Bob

Thanks for your reply. I really wouldn't know i'm sorry. Is there a way that
I can find out?

Thanks.

"Bob" wrote:

> Do you have a Word compatible program or a Word reader on your Vista
> machine?
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>
> "jo" <> wrote in message
> newsDF2F0DF-B977-4EA4-B872-...
> > Hello
> >
> > I have a PC which has XP installed and a new desktop with Visa Home
> > Premium
> > installed. I have put some of my Word files on to the laptop from the PC
> > but
> > it cant read them.
> >
> > Please can you tell me if there is a way to get my laptop to read my PC
> > files once I have transferred them or do I have to get XP installed on to
> > my
> > laptop?
> >
> > Thanking you in advance.
> >
> >
>
>

Hello Philo

Thank you for your reply. I tried to open them using Wordpad but it was not
the proper document, it was just lots of characters with no rhyme or reason
(not to me anyway!!!).

Jo

"philo" wrote:

>
> "jo" <> wrote in message
> newsDF2F0DF-B977-4EA4-B872-...
> > Hello
> >
> > I have a PC which has XP installed and a new desktop with Visa Home
> Premium
> > installed. I have put some of my Word files on to the laptop from the PC
> but
> > it cant read them.
> >
> > Please can you tell me if there is a way to get my laptop to read my PC
> > files once I have transferred them or do I have to get XP installed on to
> my
> > laptop?
> >
> > Thanking you in advance.
> >
> >
>
> Ideally, your new machine should also have Microsoft Word installed
> however Wordpad should be able to read them.
>
> If you want some free software, try Open Office
>
>
>

jo <> wrote:

>Hello
>
>I have a PC which has XP installed and a new desktop with Visa Home Premium
>installed. I have put some of my Word files on to the laptop from the PC but
>it cant read them.

First, is MS Word or some other program that can read Word files
installed on the laptop? You can buy Word or download the free Word
viewer from Microsoft
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en),
but that won't let you update the files, only see them. You can also
download Open Office (www.openoffice.com), a free, open-source office
suite that will read and write Office files.

The other possibility is that you have Word 2007 on your PC and an
earlier version on the laptop. In this case, you'll have to either
tell Word on the PC to save in the earlier format (check the file type
dropdown in the Save As box), or download a compatibility pack for the
laptop (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...444731033.aspx)

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Tim Slattery
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You're welcome jo.

The fact that you cannot open the files is a very strong indication you do
not have the needed program. I suggest the open source (free) office suite.
www.openoffice.org.

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"jo" <> wrote in message
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> Hello Bob
>
> Thanks for your reply. I really wouldn't know i'm sorry. Is there a way
> that
> I can find out?
>
> Thanks.
>
> "Bob" wrote:
>
>> Do you have a Word compatible program or a Word reader on your Vista
>> machine?
>> -------
>> *Report back, please*
>> [When responding to posts, please include the post(s) you are replying to
>> so
>> that others may learn and benefit from the issue]
>>
>> [How to ask a question]
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
>>
>> "jo" <> wrote in message
>> newsDF2F0DF-B977-4EA4-B872-...
>> > Hello
>> >
>> > I have a PC which has XP installed and a new desktop with Visa Home
>> > Premium
>> > installed. I have put some of my Word files on to the laptop from the
>> > PC
>> > but
>> > it cant read them.
>> >
>> > Please can you tell me if there is a way to get my laptop to read my PC
>> > files once I have transferred them or do I have to get XP installed on
>> > to
>> > my
>> > laptop?
>> >
>> > Thanking you in advance.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>

In Windows Vista, support for Wordpad reading Word files was removed because
of incorrect rendering and formatting problems.
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"jo" <> wrote in message
news:2FF44F57-B615-4A00-8D4D-...
> Hello Philo
>
> Thank you for your reply. I tried to open them using Wordpad but it was
> not
> the proper document, it was just lots of characters with no rhyme or
> reason
> (not to me anyway!!!).
>
> Jo
>
> "philo" wrote:
>
>>
>> "jo" <> wrote in message
>> newsDF2F0DF-B977-4EA4-B872-...
>> > Hello
>> >
>> > I have a PC which has XP installed and a new desktop with Visa Home
>> Premium
>> > installed. I have put some of my Word files on to the laptop from the
>> > PC
>> but
>> > it cant read them.
>> >
>> > Please can you tell me if there is a way to get my laptop to read my PC
>> > files once I have transferred them or do I have to get XP installed on
>> > to
>> my
>> > laptop?
>> >
>> > Thanking you in advance.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Ideally, your new machine should also have Microsoft Word installed
>> however Wordpad should be able to read them.
>>
>> If you want some free software, try Open Office
>>
>>
>>

jo wrote:
> Hello
>
> I have a PC which has XP installed and a new desktop with Visa Home
> Premium installed. I have put some of my Word files on to the laptop
> from the PC but it cant read them.
>
> Please can you tell me if there is a way to get my laptop to read my
> PC files once I have transferred them or do I have to get XP
> installed on to my laptop?
>
> Thanking you in advance.

I suspect the Vista laptop may have Word 2007, saving files as *.docx, that
earlier Word on the XP can't read.

On the laptop, save the files as *.doc, and the XP Word 2003 (???) should be
able to read them.

Paddy