Re: [JAWS-Users] .doc files

2012-03-06 Thread MWB
to eat my words, now, I thank you for getting me to give WordPad another try! Take care. Mike - Original Message - From: Van Der Walt Riana To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 10:03 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] .doc files Hello, Wordpad reads .doc files

Re: [JAWS-Users] .doc files

2012-03-05 Thread Joni Colver
I am using Jarte. It is free, although there is a paid version available. Visit: http://www.jarte.com I am using Windows 7. There is apparently some sort of Microsoft update that no longer allows Jarte to open doc files unless you download a converter pack. When you try to open a doc file

Re: [JAWS-Users] .doc files

2012-03-05 Thread northstar1950
here you go: http://www.softmaker.net/down/TMViewerSetup.exe http://www.softmaker.net/down/PMViewerSetup.exe and you can read about this at: http://www.officeviewers.com/ this should do what you need. Legend has it that on Monday 3/5/2012 08:35 AM, freijac said:

Re: [JAWS-Users] .doc files

2012-03-05 Thread Mike Barbara
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

Re: [JAWS-Users] .doc files

2012-03-05 Thread Joni Colver
-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

Re: [JAWS-Users] .doc files

2012-03-05 Thread freijac
: [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

Re: [JAWS-Users] .doc files

2012-03-05 Thread Mike Barbara
!! Please accept my apologies. Joni is correct you can't do this with Widows7. Take care. Mike - Original Message - From: freijac To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 10:25 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] .doc files Hi Mike. How exactly do I assign

Re: [JAWS-Users] .doc files

2012-03-05 Thread Rick Justice
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

Re: [JAWS-Users] .doc files

2012-03-05 Thread Van Der Walt Riana
-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Joni Colver Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 8:21 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com 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