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Offline JeanH

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Re: Unable to open external Office documents
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 02 December 08 13:15 GMT (UK) »
Judging by my computer problems this morning, I suggest we all chuck out the blinkin computers and go back to pen and paper
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Re: Unable to open external Office documents
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 02 December 08 16:43 GMT (UK) »
Word 2003 files have the extension .doc whilst Word 2007 saves its files as .docx - so it's easy to spot the difference  :)
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Re: Unable to open external Office documents
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday 03 December 08 12:29 GMT (UK) »
The symptoms are that when I try to open a document, it tells me a particular feature isn't installed and of course wants you to insert the CD whereupon it cannot find whatever it is looking for. Does this ring any bells with anyone?
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Re: Unable to open external Office documents
« Reply #12 on: Wednesday 03 December 08 12:51 GMT (UK) »
What is the file extension of the file you are trying to open ?

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