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Adding a programme to enable reading of attachments
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:22 pm
by Lorna Allison
Hello Folks
I wonder if anyone can help me add a programme to my computer which will enable me to read attachments which have a "sign" of a page with right hand corner turned down and a red W in a box in the middle of the page.
I think I must have somehow deleted this programme.
I want to read attachments on old emails prior to deleting them. Don't want to lose any vital info. I run Vista and Word 2010.
Any help would be welcome.
Kind regards
Lorna
Re: Adding a programme to enable reading of attachments
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 6:49 am
by Currie
Hello Lorna,
You could right click the saved file and then click properties and see if any useful info is revealed, such as a file type, etc.
You could also try a right click and open the file in Notepad. You could find something readable or maybe just gobbledygook.
The red W doesn’t ring a bell.
All the best,
Alan
Re: Adding a programme to enable reading of attachments
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 11:28 am
by maggiehill
Hello Lorna,
They are Microsoft Office Word 97 2003 Docs
Not sure how to open them but I would copy them first so you keep the original.
Maggie
Re: Adding a programme to enable reading of attachments
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 2:20 pm
by ninatoo
Re: Adding a programme to enable reading of attachments
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 10:51 pm
by Russell
Hi Lorna
I use Open Office and it will open a Word 7 document. It's a free program and I use it for spreadsheets too. You can save files in a variety of formats too if you are sending copy to a Word user.
Russell
Re: Adding a programme to enable reading of attachments
Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 2:48 pm
by Lorna Allison
Firstly - Happy New Year, may 2014 be a good one
Thank you all so much. A combination of all advice has worked the oracle, right clicking, compatability changes etc and I can now read these old attachments. It has meant a resurgence of interest in branches long since not looked at and clearly in those early days I did not copy all the info into my tree so there's a lot of pleasant work ahead. I am still in touch with those relatives who were brilliantly generous with their own researches. What a lovely hobby FH is.
Thank you again. What great friends to have
Regars
Lorna
Re: Adding a programme to enable reading of attachments
Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 11:44 pm
by ninatoo
Glad you had success! I know how frustrating it can be not being able to open documents or programs. I have still been unable to open the LDS parish record disks on this computer because the setting aren't right for compatibility. This laptop, although 'mine' because I am progressively paying it off, is set for my job, and so the IT guys didn't put the right compatibility settings on it. I am not confident enough to do it myself, especially when instructions mention things like BIOS settings...so it will have to wait until I can get him to change it.
Have fun with your tree! I am also catching up at the moment, being on a break from work!
Nina