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16 years ago

I have a friend whose XP computer crashed and she got a new computer with Vista. She sends out a weekly newsletter and I got it this morning (I have XP). Her newsletters are cute and informative and have lots of clipart in them. The one I got this morning came through with the boxes with red x's in them. Is she doing something wrong....am "I" doing something wrong...or is it a from Vista to XP problem. I do have one other friend with Vista and I get gifs from her, but she has never sent me any clipart.

I can't think what she could be doing wrong for this to happen..she's been sending these letters just fine for a long time...could it be my computer? I'm at a loss here...

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randy_ca
16 years ago
It may depend on what program she is using to make the newsletter and inserting the clipart.
I know that if Microsoft Office Word 2007 is used and NOT saved as a Word 97-2003 document, it will not open for people, unless they have 2007.
owbist
16 years ago
I have found Office 2007 saves docs as .docx so if those with Office 2000 and 2003 want to be able to access those they need to download a free patch from Microsoft. As far as I know there is no patch for Office 97, could be wrong on that point.

Of course if those with Office 2007 do as Randy suggests and save in the older format that will not be an issue.
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maybee_gw
Original Author
16 years ago
owbist...can you direct me to that patch?
owbist
16 years ago
Look part way down the blurb Maybee, about 6 paragraphs. The link is in bold type

Here is a link that might be useful: Patch from Blogspot
maybee_gw
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Thank you very much...

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