Could the sender save the (text?) file in .rtf? Or, if you don't need to amend it, in .pdf? David.
On 18 February 2015 at 15:39, Michael Hawkins <michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au> wrote: > Thanks David, > > Texedit, unlike TNEF, opened the attachment but it is not in any language I > can read. > > I fave Word on my computer. It will not open winmail.dat > > The sender has saved the document in Word as .doc > > I suspect the problem is in the preferences in the email program she is > using. She assures me that she is using .doc and .docx but I think that is at > the Word stage and she has not looked at preferences in Outlook on her > Windows computer. > > Cheers, > Michael. > > >> On 18 Feb 2015, at 3:32 pm, David Noel <lis...@aoi.com.au> wrote: >> >> Hi Michael -- >> >> TextEdit should open .docx and .doc formats. Hope this helps.... >> >> David Noel >> >> >> On 18 February 2015 at 15:19, Michael Hawkins >> <michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au> wrote: >>> I have been sent by email a document which was saved on a Windows computer >>> in .doc and in .docx formats. >>> It is received on my computer as winmail.dat >>> >>> TNEF enough will not open the attachment. >>> >>> Any suggestions? >>> >>> Thank you >>> >>> Michael Hawkins >>> OS 10.10.2 >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
