aK
Tue May 20 16:05:24 PDT 2008
guess that's that then. Will see what MS says. I truly hope it's not a bug. I
can't imagine I'm the only person among the millions of windows + office
users that have this setup or that this setup was not in their test matrix.
Thanks for the efforts.
-AngieK
"Terry Farrell" wrote:
> That confirms that the compat pack has installed. If it still isn't working,
> you need to call Microsoft and open a trouble ticket for this problem as it
> would seem to be a bug with 64-bit version.
>
> --
> Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP
>
> "aK" <aK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:AB1F8D49-5F2E-4182-8C16-4285501202C1@microsoft.com...
> > Both are available and work fine.
> >
> > -AngieK
> >
> > "Terry Farrell" wrote:
> >
> >> If you open Word and look under Fonts, do you see Calisto and Cambria
> >> available?
> >>
> >> Terry
> >>
> >>
> >> "aK" <aK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:B267CD8A-6430-48B8-B2D3-CC1C86374CB5@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi Terry,
> >> > Thanks for staying with this. It still doesn't work. :-(
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > -Angie K.
> >> >
> >> > "Terry Farrell" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Please test to see if you can open a doc in Safe Mode. From Start,
> >> >> Run,
> >> >> type
> >> >> in
> >> >>
> >> >> winword /a
> >> >>
> >> >> and press enter. Try to open a docx document now. Does it work?
> >> >>
> >> >> Terry
> >> >>
> >> >> "aK" <aK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:C3969C3C-14D1-443B-A46D-FF08FD6E2F53@microsoft.com...
> >> >> > oops! Sorry, it's the oft reported "There was an error opening the
> >> >> > file".
> >> >> > I
> >> >> > can't even create a new file and save it in 2007 format - same
> >> >> > error.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Bring that same file to another machine running xp32 and Off2003, it
> >> >> > all
> >> >> > works fine. :(
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > -Angie K.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "Terry Farrell" wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> Can you tell us what happens when you try to open a docx document
> >> >> >> please.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> --
> >> >> >> Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> PS Your not odd <g>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> "aK" <aK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> >> news:9E510D19-AD46-4815-AD95-83A328D11A96@microsoft.com...
> >> >> >> > Fully patched for everything as per Windows update. Have the
> >> >> >> > converter
> >> >> >> > installed along with relevant updates. Tried the various tricks
> >> >> >> > mentioned
> >> >> >> > here and other boards (e.g. re-install converter, re-install
> >> >> >> > office,
> >> >> >> > remove
> >> >> >> > .tmp/$ files, enable manual selection of file conversion,
> >> >> >> > sacrifice
> >> >> >> > a
> >> >> >> > small
> >> >> >> > animal, etc....) - nothing worked.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Absolutely not a corrupted docx or a permissions issue as I have
> >> >> >> > another
> >> >> >> > machine with the same version of Office but running XP 32-bit.
> >> >> >> > Really,
> >> >> >> > the
> >> >> >> > only difference is one OS is XP 64-bit, one is XP 32-bit.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Works just fine for PPTx and XLSx. Very, very frustrating.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Help?
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Thanks.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > -Angie K.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > PS.
> >> >> >> > Competely unrelated but why the big change in Office 2007
> >> >> >> > interface?
> >> >> >> > I've
> >> >> >> > got one machine running that and absolutely hate it. Feels like
> >> >> >> > I'm
> >> >> >> > being
> >> >> >> > forced to use the mouse more than keyboard. I'm not just talking
> >> >> >> > about
> >> >> >> > short-cuts. I find it MUCH faster to navigate through menus (up
> >> >> >> > to 3
> >> >> >> > levels
> >> >> >> > deep) using the keyboard (alt-this, alt-that, arrow keys,
> >> >> >> > etc...).
> >> >> >> > Lift
> >> >> >> > my
> >> >> >> > hands to go to the mouse just breaks my rythm. Maybe I'm just
> >> >> >> > odd.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
>
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