ok, i typped a paper in my microsoft word in windows vista. i saved my paper in my flash drive. i tried to open the save file at school(school have windows XP) and it showed all this signs...i was like WTF!?
2007-12-07 07:38:05 · 13 answers · asked by kel5676 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
It's not because of Vista, it's because you have Office 2007 and your school has Office 2003. When you save a document in Office 2007, click File>Save As, then choose Office 2003 document
2007-12-07 07:42:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you created the document in Word 2007, then that's the problem. Microsoft in all it's wisdom decided to change the default "Save to" file extension from .doc to .xml, or something like that. So when you save a document in word, click the "Save as Type" box and use a different file extension. This is not a "Vista" problem.
2007-12-07 07:50:32 · answer #2 · answered by Ron M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vista has Microsoft Word and the school probably has Microsoft Works. this is what they told me at the Library that they had had others with the same problem. i run into this with a resume. try copying it onto your Wordpad
(not notepad) and you can change the document type. you have 3 choices. click on the piece of paper icon
1.. Rich Text document-- which is the default (it should b that now)
2..Text Document
3..Unicode text Document
one of these may word. what i did was make 4 copies before so you do not loose your original work
GOOD LUCK
2007-12-07 07:53:46 · answer #3 · answered by ONLY ME 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vista is a much greater effectual working device than XP. It takes it sluggish to get used to the variations, yet standard it somewhat is plenty more suitable than XP. AND - it isn't any longer likely everywhere. the venture is you have crap/bloatware on your device. regrettably the pc makers (i'm chatting with you Dell) positioned a team of this on there to make some added money, yet in the tip it is screwing up the person journey. My advice - take each little thing off the device you dont' want or want. greater effectual yet! format and initiate off over. you will love the overall performance and the look and sense. additionally, in case you won't be able to get a application to run under it, you the two dont understand what you're doing, it is extremely previous or some thing else is broken alongside the way.
2016-10-10 11:54:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to do a "save as" the older version (Windows XP) for example. I have Vista and hate it
2007-12-07 07:40:35 · answer #5 · answered by hirebookkeeper 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
School may not have word, may use works or some other WP. Try next time writing and saving it in wordpad. Almost any windows computer has it, and it avoids the whole word/works compatibility issue.
Jack
2007-12-07 07:42:09 · answer #6 · answered by Jack 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well.. make sure you took out the flash drive safley... you need to right click on it andsay safley eject. Another thing is.... i hate window vista, i bought a new comp with it on and i delted it and redowloaded xp... you should do the same
2007-12-07 07:41:39 · answer #7 · answered by Corey C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YUP. exact thing happened to me. For some reason it saved as a .dox or something weird like that. were you using vistas trial of Microsoft word 2007? thats where it happened to me... i had to downgrade to MSWord2003.
i've come to realize that i cannot stand vista =) blah.. i want to downgrade back to XP!! LOL
good luck with your paper...hope you can get it back.
2007-12-07 07:42:42 · answer #8 · answered by oohnooitzro 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Signs? Like gibberish?
The PC at school must have a different version of Word.
2007-12-07 07:40:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ha, same thing happened to me... you just have to click on the office symbol where it says save as and click save as for 97-2003
2007-12-07 07:40:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋