FOG Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 Wordpad in Vista will not accept .doc files generated from Wordpad in Windows Me. How do I convert them to a suitable format ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 It is on record that Vista Wordpad is not able to correctly read old doc files.If you do not have Microsoft Word or a similar word processing programme like Open Office installed - try downloading the free doc viewer from MicrosoftFrom here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOG Posted January 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 It is on record that Vista Wordpad is not able to correctly read old doc files.If you do not have Microsoft Word or a similar word processing programme like Open Office installed - try downloading the free doc viewer from MicrosoftFrom hereThanks for that suggestion but can't get past the re-install/repair page in setup. Vista is not on the list of supported systems for Word Viewer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 Then try Open Office http://download.openoffice.org/ as AlanHo suggested it's free and compatible with office Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 Thanks for that suggestion but can't get past the re-install/repair page in setup. Vista is not on the list of supported systems for Word Viewer.Try this version of Word Viewer; it should install on Vista. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOG Posted January 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 Then try Open Office http://download.openoffice.org/ as AlanHo suggested it's free and compatible with officeOpenoffice works fine. Thankyou. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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