why can't others in office open my office 2007 attachments?

[RM]

it appears that evey document i save ends with .docx I don't recall the x on
any other files. Help, I can't send any attachments in the office that
others can open and read, either excell or word.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

You need to do a Save As and change the format to a 97-2003 format. The
..docx format is new to Office 2007.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

..docx is the new Word 2007 file format. If your coworkers don't have
Word 2007 yet, then you should "save as" to the Word 97-2003 .doc
format, or your coworkers can install the Office 2007 compatibility pack
from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...70-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en
to allow their older Office programs to open Office 2007 files.

 

[RM]

That was it!! Thank you so much for your help.
RM

You need to do a Save As and change the format to a 97-2003 format. The
..docx format is new to Office 2007.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

it appears that evey document i save ends with .docx I don't recall the x
on
any other files. Help, I can't send any attachments in the office that
others can open and read, either excell or word.

 

[RM]

That was it!! Thank you so much for your help.
RM

 

[mrktr1]

I had no problem until today. All the attachments I send Word 97-2003 and
even PDF show up at the receiver as winmail.dat.
I copied myself and they cam back fine. All 10 receipents could not open
them.
Using Office 2007 and Vista

 

[Alan Edwards]

This is 4-5 years old but should still be valid:

With Outlook ,uncheck the box :"Always send messages in Microsoft
Exchange rich text format."

I delete all winmail.dat files and ask the Outlook sender to change
from Rich Text to Plain Text.
I opened a few and found nothing of use inside.
This will open them if there is anything of use inside.
Fentun http://www.fentun.com

A little more about them in the Eudora FAQ
WINMAIL.DAT attachment to messages
http://www.eudora.com/techsupport/kb/1552hq.html

and from MS:
How to Prevent the Winmail.dat File from Being Sent to Internet Users
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...-us;138053


....Alan