there is a free Microsoft application called word view, it acts as a word document viewer and you can save items to .rtf (word pad or jarte) or as .txt (notepad and many others)
just go to: www.microsoft.com/downloads and input word viewer into the search field there HTH, inthane -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Becky Buckner Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 2:18 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] opening old document Hi all. I have an old document that I can no longer open. I think it was made using MS Word 97 and 2003. I am currently using Windows 7 with JFW 14 and no longer have MS Word. I have been able to open some .doc files with JART, but not this particular file. Any suggestions? Thanks. Becky 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/
