Gardian Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 My neighbour keeps sending me Word attachments - Docx.I can neither open nor convert them. I've tried telling him that he's out of date, but I'm increasingly thinking that its me!Help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 You should be able to download a conversion programme, I had to do this until I got a newer computer with a more up-to-date word processing software on it and it now does it automatically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneySuckleDreams Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Sorry, but it's you. We are in the 21st century now. However, MicroShaft offer a conversion programmy-thingy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Are you still using an older version of Word, Gardian, that gives each file the suffix of .doc?In that case your neighbour has a newer version than you. But he/she should be able to save the documents for you as a .doc file instead of as a .docx file.When doing "save as", (or is it "sauvgarder sous"?) there is a drop-down menu alongside the word "Format" which allows the file to be saved in a variety of formats, and they just have to select the .doc one.Sorry, not very good at techie-speak, but I hope that works for you.Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfblind Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Download and use Libreoffice for all your "Word" requirements. And its free. (Google is your friend) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereford Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 You should be able to "save" it yourself as a .doc file. Just say "save" (English or French if that is what you have) and then choose from the list below the name (open the list showing the current file) what you want to save the file as. I certainly do it all the time! Docx is usually/often "read only" and as I am often being told to circulate a document (as Secretary) and lots of people can't spell I have to save them as .doc to correct!Sorry - not well explained. Below the section that shows the current file name is a box that can be opened and there will be a choice of file extensions. I choose Word 2003 or suchlike - you can see the extension.I use Windows 7 and will not move up to 10 until later when there has been time to fix any bugs!Edit: my post crossed with halfblind. Yes - Libre office is what I use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 LibreOffice is the standard Word Processing package in my version of Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew44 Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Go here for the Microsoft compatibility packhttps://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=3and download the converter from the horse's mouth. Word, Excel and Powerpoint.@+Andrew 44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew44 Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Forgot to say it's nothing to do with Windows 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted October 21, 2015 Author Share Posted October 21, 2015 Thank you very much everybody - I'll sort that out presently.Our PC is like me - getting a bit ancient. Same applies to the software, so its probably going to be a full replacement job when we're in the UK at Crimbo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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