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Date Posted: 17:05:46 01/22/09 Thu
Author: Ann
Subject: Help please

This may sound dumb, but does anyone have any idea why when people try to save a file on Microsoft Works as a Works file on my computer, it saves it as a Word file - which then can't be read. This has only been happening for a week or two. (I'm thinking someone accidentally clicked a wrong button somewhere.) And does anyone have any ideas what someone might have done to make this happen? Or how to make it stop? Thanks. :)

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[> Hmm never really used Works but when go to save and in the box where give it a name at the bottom should be a field that says type. See if somehow the type it saves it as has been changed. -- Hope, 04:03:54 01/23/09 Fri [1]

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[> [> I've tried that; unfortunately, even when I click on Works file, it saves it as a Word file. It's really weird. -- Ann, 20:01:17 01/23/09 Fri [1]

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[> [> [> What is the extension on the file after you save it? -- Hope, 08:42:05 01/24/09 Sat [1]

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[> [> [> [> It's .doc. But it looks like the results you get when you try to open a Works file in Word - weird symbols, boxes, etc. -- Ann, 20:01:45 01/26/09 Mon [1]

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[> That is the extension for a word doc. That is weird. Maybe try reinstalling Works if have the CDs for it. -- Hope, 04:20:45 01/27/09 Tue [1]

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[> [> I'll try that, if I can find the CD. Thanks for the help. -- Ann, 19:33:42 01/27/09 Tue [1]

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