Hi Freijac, I was wrong! I should have checked before replying to your question! I assumed that because I could read Word docs with WordPad in XP that , it would also be true in Widows7 but, I just switched over to my Widows7 operting system, tried it , & as I stated, was wrong, dead wrong!! Please accept my apologies. Joni is correct you can't do this with Widows7. Take care. Mike
----- Original Message ----- From: freijac To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 10:25 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] .doc files Hi Mike. How exactly do I assign wordpad to read .doc files? When I try to open a .doc file with wordpad, I just get a garbled mess. Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike & Barbara" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 1:11 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] .doc files > Howdy Freijac, > > You can assign WordPad to read .DOC files & if you have already done > this, > try selecting all the text from the Word / WordPad file & paste into a > NotePad / text file, saving it, & naming it appropriately. This will work > for you, until you can get a conversion program. Hope this helps. Take > care. > Mike > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: freijac > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 6:35 AM > Subject: [JAWS-Users] .doc files > > > Hi list. My new computer did not have microsoft word installed, so I am > using wordpad. Can anyone recommend a free program that converts .doc > files > to .txt files that is jaws friendly,, or some other solution short of > purchasing Word? Thanks in advance for help. > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
