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docx files won't open - - wrong error messages
I have MS Publisher 2003. I tried the procedures discussed here to open a
..docx file I received as an EMail attachment. The result is an error message: "There is not enough memory to convert the text formatting. Windows is low on memory. Save your work and close the other programs to free up memory, and then try again" The computer has plenty of memory, with very little activity open. The .docx file will not open at all for cutting or pasting into Publisher. There is nothing in the Publisher help about ".docx" I understand my Publisher 2003 is fully updated. Others are reporting hours of difficulty with ".docx" I also have Word 2002. Trying to open a .docx file only results in a referral to an update for Word 2007. It's the wrong update, and nothing changes. I then used Windows Explorer and found the .docx file. I copied it to paste to the clipboard (or text window) in Publisher 2003. On attempting to copy the file an error message: "Clipboard. Item not collected: Format not supported by Office Clipboard" This is a small .docx file with contents that may not be important in the end. But we have been receiving Microsoft error messages that provide the wrong directions, and that have consumed a lot of time. Is there something I'm missing? |
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docx files won't open - - wrong error messages
I'm not sure exactly what you you know from what you've written, but
..docx documents are a new format generated by Word 2007. They are not backwards compatible with previous versions of Word. You'll need Word 2007 or a viewer for that program (I think one exists) to do anything with it. Hope this helps. Craig Tom B wrote: I have MS Publisher 2003. I tried the procedures discussed here to open a .docx file I received as an EMail attachment. The result is an error message: "There is not enough memory to convert the text formatting. Windows is low on memory. Save your work and close the other programs to free up memory, and then try again" The computer has plenty of memory, with very little activity open. The .docx file will not open at all for cutting or pasting into Publisher. There is nothing in the Publisher help about ".docx" I understand my Publisher 2003 is fully updated. Others are reporting hours of difficulty with ".docx" I also have Word 2002. Trying to open a .docx file only results in a referral to an update for Word 2007. It's the wrong update, and nothing changes. I then used Windows Explorer and found the .docx file. I copied it to paste to the clipboard (or text window) in Publisher 2003. On attempting to copy the file an error message: "Clipboard. Item not collected: Format not supported by Office Clipboard" This is a small .docx file with contents that may not be important in the end. But we have been receiving Microsoft error messages that provide the wrong directions, and that have consumed a lot of time. Is there something I'm missing? |
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docx files won't open - - wrong error messages
Why are you trying to open a Word file with Publisher? Download the
compatibility pack and then you can open it with Word. Alternative: Ask the sender to save it as a Word 97-2003 format. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Tom B" wrote in message ... I have MS Publisher 2003. I tried the procedures discussed here to open a .docx file I received as an EMail attachment. The result is an error message: "There is not enough memory to convert the text formatting. Windows is low on memory. Save your work and close the other programs to free up memory, and then try again" The computer has plenty of memory, with very little activity open. The .docx file will not open at all for cutting or pasting into Publisher. There is nothing in the Publisher help about ".docx" I understand my Publisher 2003 is fully updated. Others are reporting hours of difficulty with ".docx" I also have Word 2002. Trying to open a .docx file only results in a referral to an update for Word 2007. It's the wrong update, and nothing changes. I then used Windows Explorer and found the .docx file. I copied it to paste to the clipboard (or text window) in Publisher 2003. On attempting to copy the file an error message: "Clipboard. Item not collected: Format not supported by Office Clipboard" This is a small .docx file with contents that may not be important in the end. But we have been receiving Microsoft error messages that provide the wrong directions, and that have consumed a lot of time. Is there something I'm missing? |
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docx files won't open - - wrong error messages
Tom B wrote:
I have MS Publisher 2003. I tried the procedures discussed here to open a .docx file I received as an EMail attachment. The result is an error message: "There is not enough memory to convert the text formatting. Windows is low on memory. Save your work and close the other programs to free up memory, and then try again" The computer has plenty of memory, with very little activity open. The .docx file will not open at all for cutting or pasting into Publisher. There is nothing in the Publisher help about ".docx" I understand my Publisher 2003 is fully updated. Others are reporting hours of difficulty with ".docx" I also have Word 2002. Trying to open a .docx file only results in a referral to an update for Word 2007. It's the wrong update, and nothing changes. I then used Windows Explorer and found the .docx file. I copied it to paste to the clipboard (or text window) in Publisher 2003. On attempting to copy the file an error message: "Clipboard. Item not collected: Format not supported by Office Clipboard" This is a small .docx file with contents that may not be important in the end. But we have been receiving Microsoft error messages that provide the wrong directions, and that have consumed a lot of time. Is there something I'm missing? ==================================== Have a look at the following links: Open a Word 2007 document in an earlier version of Word http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...444731033.aspx Word Viewer http://tinyurl.com/mlppu2 or http://www.microsoft.com/DOWNLOADS/d...displaylang=en -- J. Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk |
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docx files won't open - - wrong error messages
I'm trying to open a Word file with Publisher, since Word won't open .docx
files. Microsoft instructions say: "To open Microsoft Office Word 2007 .docx or .docm files with Microsoft Office Word 2003, Word 2002, or Word 2000, you need to install the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for 2007 Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint File Formats and any necessary Office updates. By using the Compatibility Pack for the 2007 Office system, you can open, edit some items, and save Office Word 2007 documents in previous versions of Word." "With the Compatibility Pack, you can use some previous versions of Word to open Office Word 2007 documents that were saved in .docx and .docm formats. You cannot open Office Word 2007 template files that were saved in .dotx or ..dotm format." This is from: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...444731033.aspx I have Word 2002 and XP-Pro. All the MS instructions were followed, but this is not working. On proceeding to open a .docx file, the Microsoft error message says: "This is a pre-release version of the Compatibility Pack and can open pre-release Office 2007 files only. Do you want to check for a newer version of the Compatibility pack? On selecting "OK" I am sent to this web page: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en After downloading this and following all the Microsoft instructions, I proceed to open the .docx file again. This returned the same error message. "This is a pre-release version of the Compatibility Pack and can open pre-release Office 2007 files only. Do you want to check for a newer version of the Compatibility pack?" It seems incorrect error messages and bugs have made us work for hours with no result. I just want this to work like it says in the first 2 paragraphs quoted above. I'm seeing reports that others have had hours of difficulty with .docx files. "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Why are you trying to open a Word file with Publisher? Download the compatibility pack and then you can open it with Word. Alternative: Ask the sender to save it as a Word 97-2003 format. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Tom B" wrote in message ... I have MS Publisher 2003. I tried the procedures discussed here to open a .docx file I received as an EMail attachment. The result is an error message: "There is not enough memory to convert the text formatting. Windows is low on memory. Save your work and close the other programs to free up memory, and then try again" The computer has plenty of memory, with very little activity open. The .docx file will not open at all for cutting or pasting into Publisher. There is nothing in the Publisher help about ".docx" I understand my Publisher 2003 is fully updated. Others are reporting hours of difficulty with ".docx" I also have Word 2002. Trying to open a .docx file only results in a referral to an update for Word 2007. It's the wrong update, and nothing changes. I then used Windows Explorer and found the .docx file. I copied it to paste to the clipboard (or text window) in Publisher 2003. On attempting to copy the file an error message: "Clipboard. Item not collected: Format not supported by Office Clipboard" This is a small .docx file with contents that may not be important in the end. But we have been receiving Microsoft error messages that provide the wrong directions, and that have consumed a lot of time. Is there something I'm missing? |
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docx files won't open - - wrong error messages
I'm trying to open a Word file with Publisher, since Word won't open .docx
files. Microsoft instructions say: "To open Microsoft Office Word 2007 .docx or .docm files with Microsoft Office Word 2003, Word 2002, or Word 2000, you need to install the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for 2007 Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint File Formats and any necessary Office updates. By using the Compatibility Pack for the 2007 Office system, you can open, edit some items, and save Office Word 2007 documents in previous versions of Word." "With the Compatibility Pack, you can use some previous versions of Word to open Office Word 2007 documents that were saved in .docx and .docm formats. You cannot open Office Word 2007 template files that were saved in .dotx or ..dotm format." This is from: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...444731033.aspx I have Word 2002 and XP-Pro. All the MS instructions were followed, but this is not working. On proceeding to open a .docx file, the Microsoft error message says: "This is a pre-release version of the Compatibility Pack and can open pre-release Office 2007 files only. Do you want to check for a newer version of the Compatibility pack? On selecting "OK" I am sent to this web page: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en After downloading this and following all the Microsoft instructions, I proceed to open the .docx file again. This returned the same error message. "This is a pre-release version of the Compatibility Pack and can open pre-release Office 2007 files only. Do you want to check for a newer version of the Compatibility pack?" It seems incorrect error messages and bugs have made us work for hours with no result. I just want this to work like it says in the first 2 paragraphs quoted above. I'm seeing reports that others have had hours of difficulty with .docx files. "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Why are you trying to open a Word file with Publisher? Download the compatibility pack and then you can open it with Word. Alternative: Ask the sender to save it as a Word 97-2003 format. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Tom B" wrote in message ... I have MS Publisher 2003. I tried the procedures discussed here to open a .docx file I received as an EMail attachment. The result is an error message: "There is not enough memory to convert the text formatting. Windows is low on memory. Save your work and close the other programs to free up memory, and then try again" The computer has plenty of memory, with very little activity open. The .docx file will not open at all for cutting or pasting into Publisher. There is nothing in the Publisher help about ".docx" I understand my Publisher 2003 is fully updated. Others are reporting hours of difficulty with ".docx" I also have Word 2002. Trying to open a .docx file only results in a referral to an update for Word 2007. It's the wrong update, and nothing changes. I then used Windows Explorer and found the .docx file. I copied it to paste to the clipboard (or text window) in Publisher 2003. On attempting to copy the file an error message: "Clipboard. Item not collected: Format not supported by Office Clipboard" This is a small .docx file with contents that may not be important in the end. But we have been receiving Microsoft error messages that provide the wrong directions, and that have consumed a lot of time. Is there something I'm missing? |
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docx files won't open - - wrong error messages
I'm trying to open a Word file with Publisher, since Word won't open .docx
files. Microsoft instructions say: "To open Microsoft Office Word 2007 .docx or .docm files with Microsoft Office Word 2003, Word 2002, or Word 2000, you need to install the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for 2007 Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint File Formats and any necessary Office updates. By using the Compatibility Pack for the 2007 Office system, you can open, edit some items, and save Office Word 2007 documents in previous versions of Word." "With the Compatibility Pack, you can use some previous versions of Word to open Office Word 2007 documents that were saved in .docx and .docm formats. You cannot open Office Word 2007 template files that were saved in .dotx or ..dotm format." This is from: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...444731033.aspx I have Word 2002 and XP-Pro. All the MS instructions were followed, but this is not working. On proceeding to open a .docx file, the Microsoft error message says: "This is a pre-release version of the Compatibility Pack and can open pre-release Office 2007 files only. Do you want to check for a newer version of the Compatibility pack? On selecting "OK" I am sent to this web page: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en After downloading this and following all the Microsoft instructions, I proceed to open the .docx file again. This returned the same error message. "This is a pre-release version of the Compatibility Pack and can open pre-release Office 2007 files only. Do you want to check for a newer version of the Compatibility pack?" It seems incorrect error messages and bugs have made us work for hours with no result. I just want this to work like it says in the first 2 paragraphs quoted above. I'm seeing reports that others have had hours of difficulty with .docx files. "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Why are you trying to open a Word file with Publisher? Download the compatibility pack and then you can open it with Word. Alternative: Ask the sender to save it as a Word 97-2003 format. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Tom B" wrote in message ... I have MS Publisher 2003. I tried the procedures discussed here to open a .docx file I received as an EMail attachment. The result is an error message: "There is not enough memory to convert the text formatting. Windows is low on memory. Save your work and close the other programs to free up memory, and then try again" The computer has plenty of memory, with very little activity open. The .docx file will not open at all for cutting or pasting into Publisher. There is nothing in the Publisher help about ".docx" I understand my Publisher 2003 is fully updated. Others are reporting hours of difficulty with ".docx" I also have Word 2002. Trying to open a .docx file only results in a referral to an update for Word 2007. It's the wrong update, and nothing changes. I then used Windows Explorer and found the .docx file. I copied it to paste to the clipboard (or text window) in Publisher 2003. On attempting to copy the file an error message: "Clipboard. Item not collected: Format not supported by Office Clipboard" This is a small .docx file with contents that may not be important in the end. But we have been receiving Microsoft error messages that provide the wrong directions, and that have consumed a lot of time. Is there something I'm missing? |
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docx files won't open - - wrong error messages
I'm trying to open a Word file with Publisher, since Word won't open .docx
files. Microsoft instructions say: "To open Microsoft Office Word 2007 .docx or .docm files with Microsoft Office Word 2003, Word 2002, or Word 2000, you need to install the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for 2007 Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint File Formats and any necessary Office updates. By using the Compatibility Pack for the 2007 Office system, you can open, edit some items, and save Office Word 2007 documents in previous versions of Word." "With the Compatibility Pack, you can use some previous versions of Word to open Office Word 2007 documents that were saved in .docx and .docm formats. You cannot open Office Word 2007 template files that were saved in .dotx or ..dotm format." This is from: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...444731033.aspx I have Word 2002 and XP-Pro. All the MS instructions were followed, but this is not working. On proceeding to open a .docx file, the Microsoft error message says: "This is a pre-release version of the Compatibility Pack and can open pre-release Office 2007 files only. Do you want to check for a newer version of the Compatibility pack? On selecting "OK" I am sent to this web page: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en After downloading this and following all the Microsoft instructions, I proceed to open the .docx file again. This returned the same error message. "This is a pre-release version of the Compatibility Pack and can open pre-release Office 2007 files only. Do you want to check for a newer version of the Compatibility pack?" It seems incorrect error messages and bugs have made us work for hours with no result. I just want this to work like it says in the first 2 paragraphs quoted above. I'm seeing reports that others have had hours of difficulty with .docx files. "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Why are you trying to open a Word file with Publisher? Download the compatibility pack and then you can open it with Word. Alternative: Ask the sender to save it as a Word 97-2003 format. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Tom B" wrote in message ... I have MS Publisher 2003. I tried the procedures discussed here to open a .docx file I received as an EMail attachment. The result is an error message: "There is not enough memory to convert the text formatting. Windows is low on memory. Save your work and close the other programs to free up memory, and then try again" The computer has plenty of memory, with very little activity open. The .docx file will not open at all for cutting or pasting into Publisher. There is nothing in the Publisher help about ".docx" I understand my Publisher 2003 is fully updated. Others are reporting hours of difficulty with ".docx" I also have Word 2002. Trying to open a .docx file only results in a referral to an update for Word 2007. It's the wrong update, and nothing changes. I then used Windows Explorer and found the .docx file. I copied it to paste to the clipboard (or text window) in Publisher 2003. On attempting to copy the file an error message: "Clipboard. Item not collected: Format not supported by Office Clipboard" This is a small .docx file with contents that may not be important in the end. But we have been receiving Microsoft error messages that provide the wrong directions, and that have consumed a lot of time. Is there something I'm missing? |
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docx files won't open - - wrong error messages
Can you ask someone else to open the file for you and save it as the older
format? -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Tom B" wrote in message ... I'm trying to open a Word file with Publisher, since Word won't open .docx files. Microsoft instructions say: "To open Microsoft Office Word 2007 .docx or .docm files with Microsoft Office Word 2003, Word 2002, or Word 2000, you need to install the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for 2007 Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint File Formats and any necessary Office updates. By using the Compatibility Pack for the 2007 Office system, you can open, edit some items, and save Office Word 2007 documents in previous versions of Word." "With the Compatibility Pack, you can use some previous versions of Word to open Office Word 2007 documents that were saved in .docx and .docm formats. You cannot open Office Word 2007 template files that were saved in .dotx or .dotm format." This is from: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...444731033.aspx I have Word 2002 and XP-Pro. All the MS instructions were followed, but this is not working. On proceeding to open a .docx file, the Microsoft error message says: "This is a pre-release version of the Compatibility Pack and can open pre-release Office 2007 files only. Do you want to check for a newer version of the Compatibility pack? On selecting "OK" I am sent to this web page: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en After downloading this and following all the Microsoft instructions, I proceed to open the .docx file again. This returned the same error message. "This is a pre-release version of the Compatibility Pack and can open pre-release Office 2007 files only. Do you want to check for a newer version of the Compatibility pack?" It seems incorrect error messages and bugs have made us work for hours with no result. I just want this to work like it says in the first 2 paragraphs quoted above. I'm seeing reports that others have had hours of difficulty with .docx files. "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Why are you trying to open a Word file with Publisher? Download the compatibility pack and then you can open it with Word. Alternative: Ask the sender to save it as a Word 97-2003 format. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Tom B" wrote in message ... I have MS Publisher 2003. I tried the procedures discussed here to open a .docx file I received as an EMail attachment. The result is an error message: "There is not enough memory to convert the text formatting. Windows is low on memory. Save your work and close the other programs to free up memory, and then try again" The computer has plenty of memory, with very little activity open. The .docx file will not open at all for cutting or pasting into Publisher. There is nothing in the Publisher help about ".docx" I understand my Publisher 2003 is fully updated. Others are reporting hours of difficulty with ".docx" I also have Word 2002. Trying to open a .docx file only results in a referral to an update for Word 2007. It's the wrong update, and nothing changes. I then used Windows Explorer and found the .docx file. I copied it to paste to the clipboard (or text window) in Publisher 2003. On attempting to copy the file an error message: "Clipboard. Item not collected: Format not supported by Office Clipboard" This is a small .docx file with contents that may not be important in the end. But we have been receiving Microsoft error messages that provide the wrong directions, and that have consumed a lot of time. Is there something I'm missing? |
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docx files won't open - - wrong error messages
I have asked the person who sent me the .docx file to convert it and send it
as a .doc file. I don't have a response. Since Microsoft has done a lot with .docx files, I don't think that would continue to resolve this. I just want to be able to follow Microsoft's instructions and make this work. (I regret my multiple posts of the same message. The system keeps giving me error messages saying it's down and to try later, etc. So I did. Later I find the message was posted here anyway.) "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Can you ask someone else to open the file for you and save it as the older format? -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Tom B" wrote in message ... I'm trying to open a Word file with Publisher, since Word won't open .docx files. Microsoft instructions say: "To open Microsoft Office Word 2007 .docx or .docm files with Microsoft Office Word 2003, Word 2002, or Word 2000, you need to install the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for 2007 Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint File Formats and any necessary Office updates. By using the Compatibility Pack for the 2007 Office system, you can open, edit some items, and save Office Word 2007 documents in previous versions of Word." "With the Compatibility Pack, you can use some previous versions of Word to open Office Word 2007 documents that were saved in .docx and .docm formats. You cannot open Office Word 2007 template files that were saved in .dotx or .dotm format." This is from: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...444731033.aspx I have Word 2002 and XP-Pro. All the MS instructions were followed, but this is not working. On proceeding to open a .docx file, the Microsoft error message says: "This is a pre-release version of the Compatibility Pack and can open pre-release Office 2007 files only. Do you want to check for a newer version of the Compatibility pack? On selecting "OK" I am sent to this web page: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en After downloading this and following all the Microsoft instructions, I proceed to open the .docx file again. This returned the same error message. "This is a pre-release version of the Compatibility Pack and can open pre-release Office 2007 files only. Do you want to check for a newer version of the Compatibility pack?" It seems incorrect error messages and bugs have made us work for hours with no result. I just want this to work like it says in the first 2 paragraphs quoted above. I'm seeing reports that others have had hours of difficulty with .docx files. "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Why are you trying to open a Word file with Publisher? Download the compatibility pack and then you can open it with Word. Alternative: Ask the sender to save it as a Word 97-2003 format. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Tom B" wrote in message ... I have MS Publisher 2003. I tried the procedures discussed here to open a .docx file I received as an EMail attachment. The result is an error message: "There is not enough memory to convert the text formatting. Windows is low on memory. Save your work and close the other programs to free up memory, and then try again" The computer has plenty of memory, with very little activity open. The .docx file will not open at all for cutting or pasting into Publisher. There is nothing in the Publisher help about ".docx" I understand my Publisher 2003 is fully updated. Others are reporting hours of difficulty with ".docx" I also have Word 2002. Trying to open a .docx file only results in a referral to an update for Word 2007. It's the wrong update, and nothing changes. I then used Windows Explorer and found the .docx file. I copied it to paste to the clipboard (or text window) in Publisher 2003. On attempting to copy the file an error message: "Clipboard. Item not collected: Format not supported by Office Clipboard" This is a small .docx file with contents that may not be important in the end. But we have been receiving Microsoft error messages that provide the wrong directions, and that have consumed a lot of time. Is there something I'm missing? |
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