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Word file opening trouble

Captain CthulhuCaptain Cthulhu Registered User regular
edited July 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
Hey guys. I'm trying to download and open/print this entry form that I need to bring with me to band practice tonight but it's not working. I can't get word to open it, even after it downloads a converter and asks me to "pick which encoding makes my file readable" (none of them make it readable).

I don't know if it's something I'm missing or if the download itself is fucked up. Any chance anybody might be willing to take a look at it and see if you can catch something I'm now?

Direct link to EntryForm.doc: http://kndd.radiotown.com/contests/imeem/EntryForm.doc

Or click the "Entry Form" link on this page: http://1077theend.com/pages/2626005.php

Thanks guys.

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  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    What version of word do you have?

    I ask because this happens quite a bit when someone gives you a Word 2007 file and you only have Word 2003. We get it all the time.

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  • CrashtardCrashtard Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    What version of Word are you using? I've run into issues where the file I need to open was made in a newer version of word and the other person was using an older version. So far I haven't found a way to get around that problem yet.

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  • harvestharvest By birthright, a stupendous badass.Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I have word 2007 and I can't open that file. Also it's 512 bytes, which is REALLY small to be a legit Word file.

    Actually, looking at it as a raw binary the file is totally truncated, there's nothing there. The header is basically empty and the body doesn't exist.

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  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Crashtard wrote: »
    What version of Word are you using? I've run into issues where the file I need to open was made in a newer version of word and the other person was using an older version. So far I haven't found a way to get around that problem yet.

    You have to specifically save it as "Word 2000/2003" or earlier in order to get it to work. I found the Word 6.0 format works the best for everyone. That said, RTF seems to be even better, although less features.

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  • Captain CthulhuCaptain Cthulhu Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Damn it I didn't think of that, I'm using 2003. Is there really no way around this at this point?

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  • CreepyCreepy Tucson, AzRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I think the problem is that document. Doesn't open on my PC. I'll check on 2007 as well but I've got the compatibility pack installed and that's served us well so far.

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  • Captain CthulhuCaptain Cthulhu Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    harvest wrote: »
    I have word 2007 and I can't open that file. Also it's 512 bytes, which is REALLY small to be a legit Word file.

    Actually, looking at it as a raw binary the file is totally truncated, there's nothing there. The header is basically empty and the body doesn't exist.

    So the file itself is just fucked then.

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  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Yeah I noticed it too when I was looking at it. It definitely looks like a problematic file.

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  • Captain CthulhuCaptain Cthulhu Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Okay, I just e-mailed the webmaster of that site, I'll see what he has to say about it, thanks guys.

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