Problems opening Doc from Job Centre Website

longforthesun

Could any one help.

I have seen a job I want to apply for on the Jobcentre website and I have to fill in one of their forms. I have tried downloading it from their website but it just shows as lots of boxes and symbuls (SP). I have windows vista with works not word but it keeps opening in wod pad.

Does anyone know how I can decode this.

Many thanks

f1charlie

Right click on the link and select 'Save As'. Go to where you have saved the file, right click on it and report back what file extension the file has - that's the bit after the dot in the filename. Then we might be able to tell what program you need to read the file.

Sput2001

Do you know what type of file it is?

The two most likely are Word Document (.doc) or Portable Document Format (.pdf).

If it's a pdf, you'll need to download and install Adobe Reader, if you've not got it already. It's free, and worth having installed anyway.

Your best bet with Word files, if you don't want to shell out for MS Office, is OpenOffice. Again, it's free and almost certainly worth having even if it doesn't solve your problem.

EDIT: Follow f1charlie's advice first.

longforthesun

Thanks

It is showing as .doc

I have tried the option for saving rather than opening when it downloads but both just show as gobbledegook.

M4RKM

grab open office,

works probably doesn't understand the version of the file it is.. once you've downloaded and installed openoffice, you'll be able to open this file no problems

M

longforthesun

have tried downloading open office but keeps going to the internet can not display this page.

So i am going to log off and shut down my computer and bring it back up and try again.

basmic

Can you link us to the document?

longforthesun

okay that didn't work still getting so far then showing internet explorer cannot display the page.

No idea how to do links sorry.

Marty_J

longforthesun wrote: »

have tried downloading open office but keeps going to the internet can not display this page.

So i am going to log off and shut down my computer and bring it back up and try again.

Download link:

http://openoffice.bouncer.osuosl.org/?product=OpenOffice.org&os=winwjre&lang=en-US&version=3.0.0

longforthesun

Marty J thanks for that link but same problem. Think there must be something up with my laptop.

Got a Desktop upstairs with xp on it so going to give that a try.

sunshine54

no i can't open that link either, please try
http://www.openoffice.org/