transferred docs to new computer, getting errors on some

[marianring]

Version: 2004 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Hi - I transferred word and excel documents (Office 2004) from eMac OSX 10.3.9 to minimac 10.6.3, with a memory stick. I have updated word on the new mac.
Some word and excel documents won't open because of error:Might not be a valid work document; Excel unable to read file.
I compared the "get info" on a document that WILL NOT open and the "get info" on a doc that WILL open:
In the preview section for the WILL NOT open document there is Word logo in blue on the document symbol; in the same section of the WILL open document there is no logo, just the letters DOC on the document symbol.

Oh, one more thing, I tried to open the documents direct from the memory stick, too, and the same ones would not open.

Can anyone help, I do appreciate it.

 

[pjonesCET]

Do you still have the other files on the X.3.9?

If so dump the files on Memory stick and copy the files again. This Time, and I emphasize, do not, repeat do not even think about opening the files on the memory stick. a guaranteed way to corupt files is open with a USB stick. they don't have enough space to open them right.

 

[John_McGhie_[MVP]]

Make sure they all have the correct extension, either .doc or .docx.

The different icons indicate that some of those files may be missing their
extensions.

Cheers

Version: 2004 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Hi - I
transferred word and excel documents (Office 2004) from eMac OSX 10.3.9 to
minimac 10.6.3, with a memory stick. I have updated word on the new mac.
Some word and excel documents won't open because of error:Might not be a valid
work document; Excel unable to read file.
I compared the "get info" on a document that WILL NOT open and the "get info"
on a doc that WILL open:
In the preview section for the WILL NOT open document there is Word logo in
blue on the document symbol; in the same section of the WILL open document
there is no logo, just the letters DOC on the document symbol.

Oh, one more thing, I tried to open the documents direct from the memory
stick, too, and the same ones would not open.

Can anyone help, I do appreciate it.

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[marianring]

Make sure they all have the correct extension, either .doc or .docx.

>
> The different icons indicate that some of those files may be missing their
> extensions.
>
> Cheers
>

Thanks for your help,I'll check that