Hi Joni, I had a look at WordPad on my Win7 system, and low and behold, Microsoft strikes again! It too, has that useless ribbon instead of menus. Once I saw that, I didn't even bother with trying to open a .doc file. In this case, as others have suggested, I think some third-party software is the best bet. HTH, Rick Justice
----- Original Message ----- From: "Joni Colver" <earlyb...@tampabay.rr.com> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 1:20 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] .doc files I have been told that WordPad will not read doc files in Windows 7. Is this true or false? Can a person still assign a file extension association and do this with Windows 7? Joni -----Original Message----- From: Mike & Barbara Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 1:11 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com 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: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com 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/
