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dreamflowerOK, it was probably dumb of me to assume I was all right with my Microsoft Home and Student Office program. I did not know it was a trial program-- I've been using it since 2007, after all. BUT NOW THEY TELL ME IT IS EXPIRED. ALL MY FILES ARE BASICALLY USELESS. I can open them and read them, but they will not allow me to save anything, or copy, or paste. Every fic I am working on, my finish-a-thon crossover, "Ancestress", my most recent challenge story, all of them. And my 100 things that I was working on. Dozens and dozens of files, now unusable. And if I want to convert over to buying it, I can't even find out the price for the program I have-- they want me to go straight to 2010 version, which I don't know will work to open the files I did with the old program. Not to mention we can't afford it.
I have some things backed-up in Google.docs and some things in Dropbox, but not the most recent versions. I quit using Google.docs so much because they were giving me trouble too.
Does anyone know any kind of way to work around this? Or have any suggestions?
I'm about ready to tear my hair out.
I know after this I will put my back-ups in a better place than I have them currently.
ETA Even the files I stored in Dropbox that were written on that program are inaccessible for all practical purposes...
ETA In case there is any doubt about it, Shirebound is one of the sweetest and most awesome people on the planet! Plus, she is also a genius, coming up with a brilliant way to solve my problem. I am so glad that she's my friend! (((massive hugs!)))
I have some things backed-up in Google.docs and some things in Dropbox, but not the most recent versions. I quit using Google.docs so much because they were giving me trouble too.
Does anyone know any kind of way to work around this? Or have any suggestions?
I'm about ready to tear my hair out.
I know after this I will put my back-ups in a better place than I have them currently.
ETA Even the files I stored in Dropbox that were written on that program are inaccessible for all practical purposes...
ETA In case there is any doubt about it, Shirebound is one of the sweetest and most awesome people on the planet! Plus, she is also a genius, coming up with a brilliant way to solve my problem. I am so glad that she's my friend! (((massive hugs!)))
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Date: 2012-05-11 10:56 pm (UTC)If they're in .doc or .docx format, Word 2010 will open them. But you might want to check Amazon for Word 2007; they sometimes have older versions of software for a decent discount. Short of buying a full version, though, I don't know what to suggest. There might be a conversion tool that would allow you to save them as .rtf files, which you could then open with Wordpad. There's also Open Office, which supposedly supports Word formats, but I hear it's no great shakes, especially with regard to the spell check. Then again, Wordpad doesn't have spell check at all, so....
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Date: 2012-05-11 11:22 pm (UTC)1) Can you attach any of the files to an email? Maybe someone (like me) with the full MS Office version can save or convert them in some way.
2) Can you "open with" notepad?
3) Can you go to Google docs and upload them there?
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Date: 2012-05-11 11:35 pm (UTC)http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091006203553AAVsJ3P
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Date: 2012-05-12 12:32 am (UTC)Good Luck!
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Date: 2012-05-12 01:23 am (UTC)That said, as much as I detest Open Office Writer, it might be the best temporary way to access your files.
I'll just second everyone else's suggestions.
And hope with you that you can get the upgrade soon.
*hugs*
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