Re: PROBLEM: 12.1 version of Word 2008 will not open WinWord .doc

Another thing - apparently, some files emailed get a ".dot" extension added
after the .doc - which might explain why it opens the app, but not the
file.

Scott


On 5/15/08 11:08 AM 5/15/08, in article
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 "Daiya Mitchell"
<daiyaNOSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Scott Boettcher wrote:
>> Emailing myself is fine Entourage/Mail.app.
>> I'm running another version of Leopard, but that's all I can say.
>> It's still present.
>> All the docs on my Mac(s) that caused the issue are PC-generated or
>> PC-altered/saved.
> Scott, did you also download those problem docs through Entourage/Mail,
> or through a web mail access? Do you know?
> 
> Thanks for the specific fix instructions.
> 
> Daiya
> 
>> 
>> *
>> See this I posted on MacFixit: I have received messages that this has
>> fixed for others as well...so, why is this happening?  It only
>> happened after applying 12.1.0.
>> *
>> /OK, it seems that people will not read all the threads, so try this
>> one - it has worked on the Macs that had this issue for me...
>> 
>> Rebuild the launchservices database - a number of free utilities do
>> this, I prefer "OnyX"
>> 
>> Now after doing that and logging out/in (or reboot, but not needed)
>> you need to find a doc of each Office type (.doc, .xls, .ppt) that
>> won't open.
>> It appears as though the ones causing troubles are generated (or
>> changed/saved) by Office on the PC (don't know if it's a certain
>> version or not)
>> 
>> Get Info on the file that won't open and associate it to Excel 2008 on
>> your Mac. I noticed the icon was off on the ones not working.
>> Before closing, select "Change all"
>> 
>> Now, all of the Office docs open on my Mac(s) but this is not
>> something I plan on doing on the machines I sup****t so I will not roll
>> out this version until MS fixes this.
>> 
>> Please post on the MS Mac newsgroups or send them an email - they need
>> pressure to get this fixed.
>> 
>> Scott
>> /
>>