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Help! Word coding

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  • 22-05-2008 2:01pm
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    TommyGunne
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    EDIT: CRISIS OVER LOL!!


    I really didn't know where to put this but i need help!

    Earlier today I saved a version of a word document onto my hotmail. This was written in the new version of word.

    I am now in an internet cafe in town and cannot open said document correctly. It simply asks me to select the encoding that makes my document readable from a list. None of the options work.

    This internet cafe uses the slightly older version of word.

    Are there any solutions? Am I correct in thinking that the new word uses encoding that the old word doesn't recognise? If so what can I do? If not, what can I do!?


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    Sherifu
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    New version = docx?


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    aidan_walsh
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    Indeed. Word 2007 saves documents in a new docx format by default. You can change it to save in the legacy doc format by default in the system options.


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    TommyGunne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,771 ✭✭✭TommyGunne


    Yeah.... Does that help?

    I'm a computer tard


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    keen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 987 ✭✭✭keen


    If it is a docx file use a site like this http://www.docx2doc.com/ to convert the the file to .doc which should work on the older version of office.


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    TommyGunne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,771 ✭✭✭TommyGunne


    Thanks keen. Can't access them for 24 hours though. Are there any other sites or ways that I can convert this that I can get it now?

    Thanks though!


    Edit: I found an alternative site in www.zamzar.com. Thanks everyone for the help!


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