I'm running Windows 10 Anniversary edition. Wordpad didn't work very
well for me. It didn't seem to translate everything properly. By that, I
mean that there were some characters/symbols that were left in the
document. Specifically in the example I tried, there was a backslash (\)
character at the beginning of some lines. Also, I'm not sure how the
document might have looked in Word, but the formatting seemed unlikely.
All the text was strung together with no logical line breaks or blank
lines.
Perhaps I just don't know how to use Wordpad, so if this is the case,
some instructions on how to configure Wordpad would be appreciated.
Otherwise, are there any other suggestions for free programs to access
Word documents? I'm not looking to create or even edit Word documents,
it's just that occasionally I'll be given a Word doc that I want to read
and sometimes getting it in another format is not an option.
Thanks,
Jeff
On 5/22/2017 10:43 PM, Tim Ford wrote:
Hi All,
Another option might be WordPad. At least with Windows 10, WordPad will
open even a .docx file, allow you to edit it, and save it back in the
original doc or docx format. Just do the usual save command, control s is
the shortcut, and follow the prompts to either over-right the original file,
or save it under a different name. If you over-right the original file, you
will lose some functions that are in the full version of Word, but you will
not lose text or even most of the format, fonts, etc.
I do not know how much of that works in Windows 7 WordPad, but I know for
sure it does with Windows 10; I just tried it.
Tim Ford
-----Original Message-----
From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Andy Baracco
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 10:11 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] What program should be used to read a .doc
document?
Jarte will open .DOC files, and also .DOCX files if you have the
compatibility pack from Microsoft.
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike B." <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] What program should be used to read a .doc
document?
Hi Jo,
You need MS Word to open this file. The file extension, .doc, is the
old file extension for MS Word prior to Word 2007, & possibly 2003,
but I'm not sure about 2003. If you have a newer version of Word
installed, you will also need to have the, Compatibility Pack,
installed. This program allows newer versions of Office to open,
read, & edit older files from older Office versions.
If you need to know how to assign a program to open this file, now
this is a totally different set of steps. First we need to know if
you have Office installed, & possibly what operating system you're
running depending on your needs.
Take care, Mike.
Sennt from my iBarstool. Go Dodgers!
----- Original Message -----
From: Jo Luland
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] What program should be used to read a .doc
document?
Hi All,
I received a .doc document, but I can't read it. I'm informed that I
need to create something in the control panel. As you can all see, I'm
not familiar with this. I've been using JAWS for many years, but have
never come across this situation. I know that many of you out there
will know what the heck I'm talking about and will be able to help me.
Thanks for any suggestions you may have.
Jo
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