Cheetah,
All my documents are .doc, and always have been, and when I go into file
types, it has .doc set as the extension for WordPad, so that looks ok.
Once you install the Word Viewer on your system, you can no longer edit any
of your documents, so it seems to me that it changes them. I can't imagine
why anyone would want to install it. I got rid of it right away, once I saw
that it basically turned them into 'read only'.
I have DSL and O.O. downloaded fast enough. I think the problem was that I
didn't have Java. Since I downloaded that, one of my other problems
resolved. One that will probably be posted here. I submitted it yesterday,
but it hasn't come through yet, but it's resolved now.
So, I'm back to square one with the documents problem, I guess.
Carol Hanson
> Hi Carol,
>
> Sorry it didn't work. I don't have Paul's message handy (just this morning
> I decided to clean up my laptop and archived a lot of stuff including all
> my old emails) - was his suggestion to try setting the WIndows XP
> compatibility, not the Wordpad one ? Of course as I understand that
> compatibility mode relates to program installation and execution so the
> suggestion may not help your case.
>
> I have also seen your message indicating you had download problems with
> OO,
> so can't try that suggestion . My sympathies. I used to have perpetual
> problems in downloading large files - in the end what really helped was to
> use a download manager (I use "Download Manager" which is free, and it
> works. There are others, of course). Of course, what really, really helped
> was to switch my Internet connection from dial-up to Cable. Made a huge
> difference to both speed and quality.
>
> On the Wordpad document problem, as Gene points out, the Word "Viewer"
> does
> not alter any file at all and so using it in the past to view your files
> should not have caused any problem. I suspect the problem may just be in
> the file association set up in your Windows XP. I assume your Wordpad
> files are all RTF files; do check the file association for RTF files - and
> try changing it especially if when you look you find the association is
> set
> to MS-Word! In Windows Explorer, click "Tools" then "Folder Options". In
> the "Folder Options" go to the "File Types" tab and then scroll down until
> you find RTF (or whatever extension your Wordpad files end with).
>
> If that fails, try Bob's suggestion, to get an inexpensive copy of an
> Word
> version (I think it's a great suggestion) but you need to verify that the
> version of Word you're buying will in fact work with Windows XP.
>
> Good luck -
>
> = Cheeta
>
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