[Nfb-krafters-korner] craft patterns in .docx format

[David Andrews]

The converter works through Microsoft Word, and once installed 
automatically allows you to open a DOCX file in earlier versions of word.

The link to download the converter is:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=3


Dave

On 11/18/2011 6:43 AM, Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E] wrote:
> How is it going to work if I can not open the original file.  To convert something, the file has to be opened.  This is not telling me how the program works or how to find it.
>
> Terry
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blindhands at aol.com [mailto:Blindhands at aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 10:11 PM
> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] craft patterns in .docx format
>
> Sorry about the file format.  I have Word 2010 on my computer.   That is
> very good to know.
>
> Terry P. have them put this converter in your computer at work so then if you need to open this type of file you will be able to do it.
>
> Joyce  Kane
> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
> Blindhands at AOL.com
>
>
> In a message dated 11/17/2011 8:08:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, flowersandherbs at gmail.com writes:
>
> Hello  all,
>
>
>
> I received a couple files from crafters recently in .docx  format. I could not open them and did not know what to do until I was  inspired last night.
> I
> went to the Microsoft website and put a search in  for .docx file converter and immediately found that Microsoft has a  converter for free that is easy to download and install. I was reading my  .docx files within minutes.
>
>
>
> I also learned that a .docx file is  what word for windows 7 uses. It is not immediately compatible with  previous versions of word for windows unless one downloads a  converter.
>
>
>
> So, for anyone else who has been perplexed by these  files, now you know
> what
> to  do!
>
>
>
> Ohio
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>
>
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