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  • shaun40400
    shaun40400 Posts: 4,134 Forumite
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    ok ive copied the file to the desktop,and changed the file for note pad excel and word ,word had the best result withs micro soft converter overing me several options to convert the file,
    windows default,ms-dos,other encoding the last one showed the most info,but failed to make it readable.
    we have some progress :o
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  • bod1467
    bod1467 Posts: 15,214 Forumite
    Did you see the earlier comment about Microsoft Compatibility Pack? Have you tried it?
  • shaun40400
    shaun40400 Posts: 4,134 Forumite
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    down loaded compatibility pack not made any difference
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  • debitcardmayhem
    debitcardmayhem Posts: 12,712 Forumite
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    What were the details from the file on DVD when you copied it to the desktop - In Windows explorer ....Right click on it and select properties , then the details tab under name it should say fred.xxx the xxx bit is the extension
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  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
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    bod1467 wrote: »
    Did you see the earlier comment about Microsoft Compatibility Pack? Have you tried it?

    I don't see how this can be the issue if it's a .doc file?
    OP, have you tried opening it in Excel yet?
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • bod1467
    bod1467 Posts: 15,214 Forumite
    It might be NAMED .doc but it might actually BE .docx.

    But given what was said earlier, it looks more like it may be .xlsx. In which case the compatibility pack will still be needed by the OP. ;)
  • Jivesinger
    Jivesinger Posts: 1,221 Forumite
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    bod1467 wrote: »
    It might be NAMED .doc but it might actually BE .docx.
    Yep - and I've had problems with that before, especially using Office2003 + compatibility pack; I've had to rename files with as .docx or .xlsx to open them.

    So renaming it .docx and opening from within Word (not double clicking) may still work.

    If it's Excel then you'd need to rename it .xlsx

    Just an odd thought - if you have WinZip or 7-Zip or similar, what happens if you right-click the file and select "Open Archive" ?
  • tom15387202
    tom15387202 Posts: 303 Forumite
    Why do you not just host the file somewhere and let us download and have a look.
  • shaun40400
    shaun40400 Posts: 4,134 Forumite
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    tom
    how and where ?
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  • tom15387202
    tom15387202 Posts: 303 Forumite
    Try this

    http://www.filedropper.com/
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