Hi Alan; The Word document was in 2007 Word format and Larry is running Word 2003. He downloaded and installed the necessary converter and was able to convert the document and read it. The converter can be downloaded from the link below.
http://www.jaws-users.com/programs/Productivity/FileFormatConverters.zip Hope this helps anyone who might need this program. Take care. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Alan & Terrie Robbins To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 3:42 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Word Document Conversion Could it be encrypted? Al -----Original Message----- From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com]on Behalf Of Larry Stansifer Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 3:35 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Word Document Conversion Lawrence, The file name has a .doc extension. I even tried to open it as a text document to no avail. -----Original Message----- From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of lawrence taylor Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 12:48 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Word Document Conversion Hi there Larry, It sounds like you are attempting to open a PDF file using lets say MSW trying using Adobe reader 9 HTH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Stansifer" <lar...@infowest.com> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 11:27 AM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Word Document Conversion > Hi Folks, > > I recently received a sample business plan as an attachment. When I > went to open it I was presented with a list box of some 72 choices > ranging from Western European windows to Arabic something or other. > I chose the windows default radio button and when I opened > the document I found a completely nonsensical series of > disassociated letters, symbols and random punctuation. > Any ideas on what is going on and how I might fix it? > I am running Jaws 9.latest, Windows XP Pro and Word XP. > > TNX > > Larry > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS ------------------------------------------------------ Teach InfoWest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 340076259) is spam: Spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=340076259&m=b790 da9ebf99&c=s Not spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=340076259&m=b790 da9ebf99&c=n Forget vote: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=340076259&m=b790 da9ebf99&c=f REMEMBER: Never give out your account information, password, or other personal information over e-mail. ------------------------------------------------------ END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5041 (20100419) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
