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>In article <891@mtk.UUCP>, marmar@mtk.UUCP (Mark Martino) writes:

[Stuff about opening a Microsoft Word doc with 3.01 and getting "Incorrect
 file type.  Open as text only" message.]

>In article <17110@ut-emx.UUCP> jay@ut-emx.UUCP (Jay Boisseau) writes:
>
>It sounds to me like your friend wrote the file using Word 4.0.  I can't be
>sure, but your description SOUNDS like what my friends tell me when I do
>their resumes in 4.0, and they take them to Kinko's for laserprinting/copying
>(and Kinko's in Austin hasn't upgraded yet :).  While 3.01 files look fine
>in 4.0, 4.0 files can't be opened normally by 3.01 (or 3.02).

>Jay Boisseau
>jay@emx.utexas.edt


I just verified your diagnosis.  I just created a file with Word 4.0,
saved it, and then (on the same machine, disk, etc.) opened the file
with 3.02 and got exactly the symptoms you described.

I'm not familiar with Word 4.0; is there a way to save it in 3.0x
format?

David
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