my microsoft word expired! how do i edit my documents?!?!

yea! my microsoft word expired and i can't get any information from my
documents and i really need them! is there any way i can open it in wordpad
or something?

yes, there is a way to open your files. Right click on the document, select
open with and choose notepad. it wont have the same formating but you can
still edit it.
"jasonn!" wrote:

> yea! my microsoft word expired and i can't get any information from my
> documents and i really need them! is there any way i can open it in wordpad
> or something?

but now when i open it in wordpad none of the document shows correctly
they're all wierd symbols and number.

"tjb1991" wrote:

> yes, there is a way to open your files. Right click on the document, select
> open with and choose notepad. it wont have the same formating but you can
> still edit it.
> "jasonn!" wrote:
>
> > yea! my microsoft word expired and i can't get any information from my
> > documents and i really need them! is there any way i can open it in wordpad
> > or something?

What you are seeing is all of the document format info..

Download and run Open Office 2.2.. this will enable you to pick up on Word
files, but probably not Word 2007 files..


"jasonn!" <jasonn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3323963A-6530-4BD2-9A44-84054F881540@microsoft.com...
> but now when i open it in wordpad none of the document shows correctly
> they're all wierd symbols and number.
>
> "tjb1991" wrote:
>
>> yes, there is a way to open your files. Right click on the document,
>> select
>> open with and choose notepad. it wont have the same formating but you can
>> still edit it.
>> "jasonn!" wrote:
>>
>> > yea! my microsoft word expired and i can't get any information from my
>> > documents and i really need them! is there any way i can open it in
>> > wordpad
>> > or something?

--


Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

my files are word 2007 files though

"Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:

> What you are seeing is all of the document format info..
>
> Download and run Open Office 2.2.. this will enable you to pick up on Word
> files, but probably not Word 2007 files..
>
>
> "jasonn!" <jasonn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3323963A-6530-4BD2-9A44-84054F881540@microsoft.com...
> > but now when i open it in wordpad none of the document shows correctly
> > they're all wierd symbols and number.
> >
> > "tjb1991" wrote:
> >
> >> yes, there is a way to open your files. Right click on the document,
> >> select
> >> open with and choose notepad. it wont have the same formating but you can
> >> still edit it.
> >> "jasonn!" wrote:
> >>
> >> > yea! my microsoft word expired and i can't get any information from my
> >> > documents and i really need them! is there any way i can open it in
> >> > wordpad
> >> > or something?
>
> --
>
>
> Mike Hall
> MS MVP Windows Shell/User
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
>
>
>
>

but did you save them in the .docx format?



"jasonn!" <jasonn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:583A95F3-CA66-42DF-8718-0D2A0597EBED@microsoft.com...
> my files are word 2007 files though
>
> "Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:
>
>> What you are seeing is all of the document format info..
>>
>> Download and run Open Office 2.2.. this will enable you to pick up on
>> Word
>> files, but probably not Word 2007 files..
>>
>>
>> "jasonn!" <jasonn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:3323963A-6530-4BD2-9A44-84054F881540@microsoft.com...
>> > but now when i open it in wordpad none of the document shows correctly
>> > they're all wierd symbols and number.
>> >
>> > "tjb1991" wrote:
>> >
>> >> yes, there is a way to open your files. Right click on the document,
>> >> select
>> >> open with and choose notepad. it wont have the same formating but you
>> >> can
>> >> still edit it.
>> >> "jasonn!" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > yea! my microsoft word expired and i can't get any information from
>> >> > my
>> >> > documents and i really need them! is there any way i can open it in
>> >> > wordpad
>> >> > or something?
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Mike Hall
>> MS MVP Windows Shell/User
>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
>>
>>
>>
>>

If you have Office XP or 2003, you can download this
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en



"jasonn!" <jasonn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:583A95F3-CA66-42DF-8718-0D2A0597EBED@microsoft.com...
> my files are word 2007 files though
>
> "Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:
>
>> What you are seeing is all of the document format info..
>>
>> Download and run Open Office 2.2.. this will enable you to pick up on
>> Word
>> files, but probably not Word 2007 files..
>>
>>
>> "jasonn!" <jasonn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:3323963A-6530-4BD2-9A44-84054F881540@microsoft.com...
>> > but now when i open it in wordpad none of the document shows correctly
>> > they're all wierd symbols and number.
>> >
>> > "tjb1991" wrote:
>> >
>> >> yes, there is a way to open your files. Right click on the document,
>> >> select
>> >> open with and choose notepad. it wont have the same formating but you
>> >> can
>> >> still edit it.
>> >> "jasonn!" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > yea! my microsoft word expired and i can't get any information from
>> >> > my
>> >> > documents and i really need them! is there any way i can open it in
>> >> > wordpad
>> >> > or something?
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Mike Hall
>> MS MVP Windows Shell/User
>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
>>
>>
>>
>>

yea! it is!

"Dave" wrote:

> but did you save them in the .docx format?
>
>
>
> "jasonn!" <jasonn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:583A95F3-CA66-42DF-8718-0D2A0597EBED@microsoft.com...
> > my files are word 2007 files though
> >
> > "Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:
> >
> >> What you are seeing is all of the document format info..
> >>
> >> Download and run Open Office 2.2.. this will enable you to pick up on
> >> Word
> >> files, but probably not Word 2007 files..
> >>
> >>
> >> "jasonn!" <jasonn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:3323963A-6530-4BD2-9A44-84054F881540@microsoft.com...
> >> > but now when i open it in wordpad none of the document shows correctly
> >> > they're all wierd symbols and number.
> >> >
> >> > "tjb1991" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> yes, there is a way to open your files. Right click on the document,
> >> >> select
> >> >> open with and choose notepad. it wont have the same formating but you
> >> >> can
> >> >> still edit it.
> >> >> "jasonn!" wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > yea! my microsoft word expired and i can't get any information from
> >> >> > my
> >> >> > documents and i really need them! is there any way i can open it in
> >> >> > wordpad
> >> >> > or something?
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >>
> >> Mike Hall
> >> MS MVP Windows Shell/User
> >> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>

i have windows vista. will it not work?

"Dave" wrote:

> If you have Office XP or 2003, you can download this
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>
>
>
> "jasonn!" <jasonn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:583A95F3-CA66-42DF-8718-0D2A0597EBED@microsoft.com...
> > my files are word 2007 files though
> >
> > "Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:
> >
> >> What you are seeing is all of the document format info..
> >>
> >> Download and run Open Office 2.2.. this will enable you to pick up on
> >> Word
> >> files, but probably not Word 2007 files..
> >>
> >>
> >> "jasonn!" <jasonn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:3323963A-6530-4BD2-9A44-84054F881540@microsoft.com...
> >> > but now when i open it in wordpad none of the document shows correctly
> >> > they're all wierd symbols and number.
> >> >
> >> > "tjb1991" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> yes, there is a way to open your files. Right click on the document,
> >> >> select
> >> >> open with and choose notepad. it wont have the same formating but you
> >> >> can
> >> >> still edit it.
> >> >> "jasonn!" wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > yea! my microsoft word expired and i can't get any information from
> >> >> > my
> >> >> > documents and i really need them! is there any way i can open it in
> >> >> > wordpad
> >> >> > or something?
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >>
> >> Mike Hall
> >> MS MVP Windows Shell/User
> >> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>

Word Viewer 2003 (for viewing, not editing):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Then install the Compatibility Pack to see .docx files.


"jasonn!" <jasonn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:058E1413-8A92-48A4-A0B4-8C79FCEA743F@microsoft.com...
> yea! it is!
>
> "Dave" wrote:
>
>> but did you save them in the .docx format?
>>
>>
>>
>> "jasonn!" <jasonn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:583A95F3-CA66-42DF-8718-0D2A0597EBED@microsoft.com...
>> > my files are word 2007 files though
>> >
>> > "Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:
>> >
>> >> What you are seeing is all of the document format info..
>> >>
>> >> Download and run Open Office 2.2.. this will enable you to pick up on
>> >> Word
>> >> files, but probably not Word 2007 files..
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "jasonn!" <jasonn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:3323963A-6530-4BD2-9A44-84054F881540@microsoft.com...
>> >> > but now when i open it in wordpad none of the document shows
>> >> > correctly
>> >> > they're all wierd symbols and number.
>> >> >
>> >> > "tjb1991" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> yes, there is a way to open your files. Right click on the
>> >> >> document,
>> >> >> select
>> >> >> open with and choose notepad. it wont have the same formating but
>> >> >> you
>> >> >> can
>> >> >> still edit it.
>> >> >> "jasonn!" wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > yea! my microsoft word expired and i can't get any information
>> >> >> > from
>> >> >> > my
>> >> >> > documents and i really need them! is there any way i can open it
>> >> >> > in
>> >> >> > wordpad
>> >> >> > or something?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Mike Hall
>> >> MS MVP Windows Shell/User
>> >> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>