2009/4/6 Russell Butler <[email protected]> > [email protected] wrote: > >> Dear Users, I wrote a text document and I saved it in MS Word (I >> tried to save it in Documents and folder) when I tried to open it I >> get the message "invalid format". When I tried to retrieve the text >> in the email as attachments I cannot retrieve it directly from Office >> Org because the way I saved it. It is obvious that PDF will bypass >> the problem but a lot of persons are still using Word. Any >> suggestions? Sending directly the document gives me the error >> 0x800CCCoE socket 10060 which I tried to purge through a registry fix >> and did not succeed. I work with Vista. Thank you Arlette >> > > Hi Arlette > > Could the problem be the lack of the file type extension? Check that in > the Save dialogue "Automatic File Name Extension" is checked (ticked). > > HTH >
Alternatively, merely saving the document with a ".doc" extension is *not* sufficient. You will end up with a document in OpenOffice format but with a Microsoft extension and poor old Windows will get confused. Instead you have to use Save As and choose the appropriate Word format from the list of available formats. In addition you should follow Russell Butler's excellent advice above. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
