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liames
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Help needed to open an email docx attachment in Outlook Express. I am running Windows XP 2002 service pack 3. Obviously the pc is too old to be able to open it but I am sure there must be a way to. Thanks
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you can download and install the Microsoft compatibility pack from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en
this will allow you to open the MS Office 2007 format documents using older versions of MS Office,
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Is there something similar for Publisher? I often have newer versions emailed to me which I cannot open.0
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Is there something similar for Publisher?0
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you can download and install the Microsoft compatibility pack from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en
this will allow you to open the MS Office 2007 format documents using older versions of MS Office,
hth
This assumes the OP has an older version of MS Word installed of course...No free lunch, and no free laptop0 -
you can download and install the Microsoft compatibility pack from
this will allow you to open the MS Office 2007 format documents using older versions of MS Office,
hth
Dave0 -
Is there something similar for Publisher? I often have newer versions emailed to me which I cannot open.
Dave0 -
Thank you so so much. I have downloaded and installed microsoft compatibility pack and have been able to open attachment. Great.0
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