Microsoft Office 2007 lock up!

Okay, I got one for you guys.

After receiving my laptop, I've had many opportunities to install new software. One of those, Office, I did not have to worry about. Because, being naive as I was, I thought that Microsoft Office 2007 had come free with my laptop. How foolish I was. Now, in college, just after an afternoon of typing and using Microsoft Word 2007, typing up papers for my Composition class, I booted my laptop to use in class. Only to find that, as I try to type, "The modification is now allowed because this selection is locked". I think, "Crap."

So I try copying and pasting it over to another writing utility. Notepad. It does not work. Because, it is locked as previously stated. I'm not talking just read-only locked or anything like that. I mean I can't do anything. Print, copy, cut, paste, etc.. to retrieve my document. So then I try the Open with.. into my newly downloaded OpenOffice and notepad. "The file is corrupt and therefore cannot be opened" is what I got from OO. It translates into a bunch of rubbish when I open it into Notepad.

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So I plead with you AO, how do I get my documents back?

AFAIK Office 2007 documents are 'encrypted' in such a way that unless they are saved specifically as an office 2003 document then only office 2007 can open them. I use the term 'encrypted' very loosely.

You may need to open them on another installation of office 2007 and save them to be compatible with office 2003.

I'm sorry I failed to mention that I would like to get them back without spending hundreds of dollars and buying 2007.. :D Mine was a free trial.

Try this: http://docx-converter.com/

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I'm sorry I failed to mention that I would like to get them back without spending hundreds of dollars and buying 2007.. Mine was a free trial.

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Surley there is an Office 2007 installation somewhere in your collage? You can get a free 90 day trial from MS downloads.

There's an MS compatibility pack that lets you work with Office 2007 documents in Office 2003: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

I tried that site. Twice. I click the link they send me and it only comes up with The webpage cannot be found.

The one MsMittens sent.

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Originally Posted by Godly Soup

I tried that site. Twice. I click the link they send me and it only comes up with The webpage cannot be found.

The one MsMittens sent.

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Weird. I have no issue with it. Try this link to see if it works.

Sorry, I meant the link they send me through email. I upload my document onto the site where it says and put in my email. I get the email. Then, it won't find the webpage.

Can you PM me a plain text version of the link?

It may be a pain but a free option would be to install the word 2003 viewer from here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=da

Then this KB article explains how to open Word 2007 (.docx) files.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925180

You can then copy and paste your content to wherever you want.