Butch,

That's not as strange as it seems.  It's a classic case of someone producing 
a file in a later version of Word and renaming it rather than doing a "save 
as" to get it into the right format for Office 2003.  The converter is smart 
enough to determine the file type by looking at the headers rather than the 
file extension, but it choked when it ran into a file with a DOC extension 
and a DOCX format.  I'm amazed at how many people think they can "convert" a 
file just by renaming it.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 14:57
Subject: Re: Off Topic: Extreme E-mail Program Frustrations


> Yep that is exactly what I did.  Here is a strange one.  I get all my
> stuff from social insecurity on cd so I can read them.
> The last cd I got had a file with a .doc extension.  Office 03 wouldn't
> read it, I forget the error.  I couldn't figure out what was wrong, so i
> sent it to the i t guy where my wife use to work.  It was created in 07
> and all they did was rename the file with a doc extension.  As soon as i
> corrected that and gave it the proper name, office 03 converted it just
> fine.   strange...
>
> 73
> Butch
> WA0VJR
> Node 3148
> Wallace, ks.
>
>
> On Tue, 19 Nov 2013, Howard, W A 9 Y B W wrote:
>
>> Tom,
>>
>> If you drop down to M S Office 2003, you will not be able to read the 
>> .DCOX
>> file format that Word 2007 and up use by default, however, if you go to
>> Microsoft, you can get a file converter that will read the .DCOX files by
>> converting them to .RTF.  I am doing this for the occasional .DCOX file 
>> that
>> someone sends me.  A big plus of dropping down to Office 2003 is to get 
>> rid
>> of those Damn ribbon menus.
>>
>> If you want, I believe I have the file converter add-on here somewhere 
>> and I
>> can send it to you if you want to drop down to 2003.  Just let me know.
>>
>> I hope this little bit helps.
>>
>> Howard #3
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 8:57 PM
>> Subject: Re: Off Topic: Extreme E-mail Program Frustrations
>>
>>
>>> Butch:
>>>
>>> Yeah, if you have the file to make Windows 7 run Outlook Express, I'd 
>>> love
>>> to see it, and I'm sure others would too.
>>>
>>> My problems with Outlook 2010 and Windows 7 aren't so much with reading
>>> specific types of documents.  Instead, the problems are with the program
>>> itself.  It runs very sluggishly, and seems to constantly want to sync 
>>> my
>>> g-mail folders.  I can find no way to change the syncing process, say, 
>>> to
>>> certain time intervals, or to when I log on or off, which I think would
>>> improve things significantly.
>>>
>>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 8:28 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Off Topic: Extreme E-mail Program Frustrations
>>>
>>>
>>>> I don't know what documents you are having problems with.  I have a
>>>> conversion add on I put on office 2003 to read the new stuff.  I have a
>>>> file that tells how to make seven run outlook express if I recall 
>>>> right.
>>>>  I'll take a look and send that to you if you want to mess with it.  I
>>>> have seven, butt run xp on most of my machines.
>>>> 73
>>>> Butch
>>>> WA0VJR
>>>> Node 3148
>>>> Wallace, ks.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 19 Nov 2013, Tom Behler wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>    Believe me, Gary, I'd stick with Outlook Express if I could, but my
>>>>> University is now going completely to Windows 7, and I am finding more
>>>>> and
>>>>> more documents to be unusable on my home Windows XP machine.
>>>>>
>>>>> So, I am kind of being forced into the Windows 7 upgrade thing by
>>>>> necessity.
>>>>>
>>>>> All of this sure makes retirement look better and better all the time!
>>>>> (grin)
>>>>>
>>>>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Gary Tillinghast" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 10:15 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: Off Topic: Extreme E-mail Program Frustrations
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> HI Tom,
>>>>>> Hearing all of the frustration in getting this program to work, 
>>>>>> sounds
>>>>>> like
>>>>>> the upgrade isn't much to crow about.  Knowing that we all like to
>>>>>> tinker
>>>>>> with new versions of things and to be the first on the block to try 
>>>>>> it.
>>>>>> Some on the list are trying to upgrade things slowly.  Some are 
>>>>>> staying
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> XP until some thing better comes along.  I was trying the same thing 
>>>>>> on
>>>>>> updating my OS and mail program as well, and finding that the 
>>>>>> software
>>>>>> providers are not addressing the problems of the blind.  I guess the
>>>>>> additage of if it is not broke, why fix it.  I understand your time 
>>>>>> is
>>>>>> precious as a college teacher and wanting to stay current with
>>>>>> technology.
>>>>>> Gary KB2YAA
>>>>>> -----
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
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