Re: Word documents that won't read in wordpad

  • From: "Michael Rusk" <mrusk1@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 14:37:15 -0500

Used to be Works was loaded on a PC to say that you had a word processing
program.  Do you have any word processing program other than wordpad or
notepad?
If you look at Ebay, you could probably a version of Office fairly
inexpensive.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shari Weir" <shariweir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: Word documents that won't read in wordpad


> It usually comes in a Microsoft Office package, I think, but if you have
to
> spend money to get what you need, I think Word works a lot better with
Jaws
> than Works.
>
> Shari
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lauren childress" <childress54@xxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 12:19 PM
> Subject: Re: Word documents that won't read in wordpad
>
>
> > no, i do not have works, where can i get it?
> >
> >
> >
> > Lauren Childress
> > "always remember, to play after every storm." Mattie J.T. stepanek
> > When women get depressed, they either eat or go shopping, while men
invade
> > other countries."
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "Shari Weir" <shariweir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >Reply-To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >Subject: Re: Word documents that won't read in wordpad
> > >Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 12:58:03 -0500
> > >
> > >Hi Lauren, Did your computer by chance come with Microsoft Works? I've
> had
> > >reasonable success with Word documents in that program.
> > >
> > >Shari
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Lauren childress" <childress54@xxxxxxx>
> > >To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 10:57 AM
> > >Subject: Re: Word documents that won't read in wordpad
> > >
> > >
> > > > The files are all doc files in both of the books, my computer didn't
> > >come
> > > > with word.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Lauren Childress
> > > > "always remember, to play after every storm." Mattie J.T. stepanek
> > > > When women get depressed, they either eat or go shopping, while men
> > >invade
> > > > other countries."
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >From: "Dale Leavens" <dleavens@xxxxxxx>
> > > > >Reply-To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > >To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > >Subject: Re: Word documents that won't read in wordpad
> > > > >Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 11:49:15 -0400
> > > > >
> > > > >Good morning Lauren,
> > > > >
> > > > >WordPad is primarily a pure text editor but Microsoft Word is a
> > >document
> > > > >editor. This means the files it uses contain a lot of other
> information
> > > > >about the documents beyond pure text. This information will confuse
a
> > > > >programme like WordPad.
> > > > >
> > > > >A true Word file is best opened with MS-Word, not WordPad although
> > >there
> > > > >are other programmes which are supposed to open MS-Word  files,
> > >programmes
> > > > >like Duxbury Braille Translation programme and even WordPerfect,
> > >OpenBook
> > > > >and K1000. Truth is though, even these don't always work as
> advertised.
> > > > >
> > > > >It may also be that the file format is something else. Do you know
> the
> > >file
> > > > >extension? things like .DOC for Word, .PDF for Adobe Acrobat, WPD
for
> > >Word
> > > > >Perfect and there are dozens of others for those special E-book
> formats
> > >I
> > > > >am not familiar with.
> > > > >
> > > > >About the only thing consistent with the computer environment is
that
> > >few
> > > > >things are compatible, even after all this time.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada
> > > > >DLeavens@xxxxxxx
> > > > >Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat.
> > > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > > >From: "Lauren childress" <childress54@xxxxxxx>
> > > > >To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > >Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 10:15 AM
> > > > >Subject: Word documents that won't read in wordpad
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Lauren Childress
> > > > > > "always remember, to play after every storm." Mattie J.T.
stepanek
> > > > > > When women get depressed, they either eat or go shopping, while
> men
> > > > >invade
> > > > > > other countries."
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > hi listers:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > i'm using windows 98 se, and JAWS 5.0, I recently recieved my
> > >textbooks
> > > > >for
> > > > > > college, 2 of which are on cd rom. The first book reads well,
but
> > >the
> > > > >second
> > > > > > book, when I go to open the files it says, wordpad dialog this
> > >program
> > > > >has
> > > > > > performed an illegal opporation and will be shut down, if the
> > >problem
> > > > > > persists, contact the program vender. what's going on here, it
> only
> > > > >happens
> > > > > > with certain word documents. BtW, the other book is also in word
> > >format.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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