I somehow saved a word document file I sent to myself as a .docx and the computer I'm on now doesnt recognize it. Anybody know a way for me to retrieve it on this computer? I really need to work on this document asap.

6/14/2008 12:07:42 PM

http://www.docx2doc.com/

6/14/2008 12:09:43 PM

you saved it as a word 2007 format - which is not backwards compatible with previous versions of word - save it as a word 97-2003 .doc file and it'll work

or

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3657ce88-7cfa-457a-9aec-f4f827f20cac&displaylang=en

6/14/2008 12:10:53 PM

yeah a simple google search is all u need

6/14/2008 12:10:54 PM

http://media-convert.com/ is all you EVER need for conversion

6/14/2008 12:46:11 PM

^ doesnt convert from docx, and for all the others they either won't install without an error or it's going to take 24 hours for a conversion I've searched on google but they all have some lame catch or they don't work. Oh well I guess I'll have to re-write the damn thing over again unless somebody can find a converter thats fast and can do .docx to doc properly.

6/14/2008 1:22:05 PM

HOOORAAYYY ZAMZAR WORKED! took an hour but I'm happy now

6/14/2008 1:27:20 PM

i thought MS offered a plugin so you could read files in the newer format with the old version?

anyways, if I were you I'd go to Word options and under save, change it to save in the 97-2003 format by default in the future unless there's some reason you need the new version

[Edited on June 14, 2008 at 2:15 PM. Reason : asdf]

6/14/2008 2:15:49 PM

microsoft does have one.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en

we had to put this on a few computers at work.

6/14/2008 4:54:27 PM

Just email it to a friend that has Office '07, have them save it as a 97-03 compatible file and send it back to you.

6/14/2008 8:14:40 PM

No, just use the microsoft thing next time.

6/14/2008 11:58:45 PM

next time just do a quick google search

6/15/2008 12:37:34 AM

why is drunkntarded posting in tech talk and why the fuck am I posting on tdub after 1am.

6/15/2008 1:19:12 AM

padding as usual?

6/15/2008 1:28:37 AM

seriously though, he's right in this case.

6/16/2008 3:10:35 AM

people should be banned for not using google

6/16/2008 10:20:51 AM

Quote :

"people should be banned tarred and feathered for not using google"

6/16/2008 4:05:34 PM

i mean dont get me wrong...i'm usually not one of those "omg google" type people...but this is seriously some easy ass googling

6/16/2008 8:43:39 PM

6/16/2008 9:06:34 PM