Re: Office 12.1.0 - can't open files created in Word 2003

On Thu, 15 May 2008 22:27:50 +0100, Nick Bell wrote:

> Steve Hodgson wrote:
>> On 2008-05-15 19:48:47 +0100, Nick Bell <me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
>> 
>>> As subject - after (dis)service pack 1, double-clicking a file created
>>> in Word 2003 just changes the focus to Word 2008 but doesn't open the
>>> file. Choosing Get Info... shows the correct application selected to
>>> open the file, but it doesn't work.
>>>
>>> Word docs created with windows and mac versions of word other than
>>> 2003 seem to work OK when double clicked.
>>>
>>> Any ideas? I've seen the MacFixIt stuff, running sudo
>>> update_prebinding -debug -root / -force
>>>   and rebooting doesn't work.
>> 
>> It may just be a problem with opening Word for Windows file. There's a
>> thread on this on microsoft.public.mac.office.word.
>> 
>> I have exactly the same problem too.
> 
> It's bloody irritating. The thread doesn't suggest a fix.

You can open the files from within Word via Cmd-O as a workaround.
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Cheers,

Steve

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