Office 2007 won't open docx and pptx

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I have a new Dell XPS Studio 13, that came with Microsoft Office 2007. When

people send me files in docx and pptx, they won't open. They are shown as

zip files and when I try to open or extract, I just get file folders.



How can I get them open?



Thanks,



G. F.
 
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint File

Formats

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...70-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en



--

Mary Sauer

http://msauer.mvps.org/



"Gulliver Foyle" wrote in message

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>I have a new Dell XPS Studio 13, that came with Microsoft Office 2007.

>When

> people send me files in docx and pptx, they won't open. They are shown as

> zip files and when I try to open or extract, I just get file folders.

>

> How can I get them open?

>

> Thanks,

>

> G. F.
 
Are you sure Office 2007 is installed and activated?



Gulliver Foyle wrote:



> I have a new Dell XPS Studio 13, that came with Microsoft Office 2007. When

> people send me files in docx and pptx, they won't open. They are shown as

> zip files and when I try to open or extract, I just get file folders.

>

> How can I get them open?

>

> Thanks,

>

> G. F.
 
Mary Sauer: The compatibility pack says it's for Office Versions prior to

2007. I have 2007.



Bob I: Yes, it's installed and activated. Works fine with doc and ppt, but

won't open correctly zip docx and pptx.



"Bob I" wrote:



> Are you sure Office 2007 is installed and activated?

>

> Gulliver Foyle wrote:

>

> > I have a new Dell XPS Studio 13, that came with Microsoft Office 2007. When

> > people send me files in docx and pptx, they won't open. They are shown as

> > zip files and when I try to open or extract, I just get file folders.

> >

> > How can I get them open?

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> > G. F.


>

> .

>
 
have you run Microsoft Office Diagnostics yet? Also if you save the file

and then open them from within Word or Powerpoint they work correctly,

and also try Save and then double click to open.



Gulliver Foyle wrote:

> Mary Sauer: The compatibility pack says it's for Office Versions prior to

> 2007. I have 2007.

>

> Bob I: Yes, it's installed and activated. Works fine with doc and ppt, but

> won't open correctly zip docx and pptx.

>

> "Bob I" wrote:

>

>

>>Are you sure Office 2007 is installed and activated?

>>

>>Gulliver Foyle wrote:

>>

>>

>>>I have a new Dell XPS Studio 13, that came with Microsoft Office 2007. When

>>>people send me files in docx and pptx, they won't open. They are shown as

>>>zip files and when I try to open or extract, I just get file folders.

>>>

>>>How can I get them open?

>>>

>>>Thanks,

>>>

>>>G. F.


>>

>>.

>>
 
{I may be honing in on something here.} When I save and open it works fine.

When I e-mail myself an attachment through a regular web outfit (att.net), it

works fine. When I (or anyone else) e-mails an attachment through my

company's server, it won't open or extract properly. Could there be some

kind of encryption in my company's servers that somehow affects the

attachment?



Also, I don't know what Microsoft Diagnostics is.



Thanks for your patience with this.



"Bob I" wrote:



> have you run Microsoft Office Diagnostics yet? Also if you save the file

> and then open them from within Word or Powerpoint they work correctly,

> and also try Save and then double click to open.

>

> Gulliver Foyle wrote:

> > Mary Sauer: The compatibility pack says it's for Office Versions prior to

> > 2007. I have 2007.

> >

> > Bob I: Yes, it's installed and activated. Works fine with doc and ppt, but

> > won't open correctly zip docx and pptx.

> >

> > "Bob I" wrote:

> >

> >

> >>Are you sure Office 2007 is installed and activated?

> >>

> >>Gulliver Foyle wrote:

> >>

> >>

> >>>I have a new Dell XPS Studio 13, that came with Microsoft Office 2007. When

> >>>people send me files in docx and pptx, they won't open. They are shown as

> >>>zip files and when I try to open or extract, I just get file folders.

> >>>

> >>>How can I get them open?

> >>>

> >>>Thanks,

> >>>

> >>>G. F.

> >>

> >>.

> >>


>

> .

>
 
I think you need to contact your company's IT folks/server administrator

about this. As to Microsoft Office Diagnostics, its part of Office and

you'll find it in Options, Resources, or in Programs,

Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Tools, on the Start menu.



Gulliver Foyle wrote:



> {I may be honing in on something here.} When I save and open it works fine.

> When I e-mail myself an attachment through a regular web outfit (att.net), it

> works fine. When I (or anyone else) e-mails an attachment through my

> company's server, it won't open or extract properly. Could there be some

> kind of encryption in my company's servers that somehow affects the

> attachment?

>

> Also, I don't know what Microsoft Diagnostics is.

>

> Thanks for your patience with this.

>

> "Bob I" wrote:

>

>

>>have you run Microsoft Office Diagnostics yet? Also if you save the file

>>and then open them from within Word or Powerpoint they work correctly,

>>and also try Save and then double click to open.

>>

>>Gulliver Foyle wrote:

>>

>>>Mary Sauer: The compatibility pack says it's for Office Versions prior to

>>>2007. I have 2007.

>>>

>>>Bob I: Yes, it's installed and activated. Works fine with doc and ppt, but

>>>won't open correctly zip docx and pptx.

>>>

>>>"Bob I" wrote:

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>>Are you sure Office 2007 is installed and activated?

>>>>

>>>>Gulliver Foyle wrote:

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>>I have a new Dell XPS Studio 13, that came with Microsoft Office 2007. When

>>>>>people send me files in docx and pptx, they won't open. They are shown as

>>>>>zip files and when I try to open or extract, I just get file folders.

>>>>>

>>>>>How can I get them open?

>>>>>

>>>>>Thanks,

>>>>>

>>>>>G. F.

>>>>

>>>>.

>>>>


>>

>>.

>>
 
In article , Gulliver Foyle

wrote:

> {I may be honing in on something here.} When I save and open it works fine.

> When I e-mail myself an attachment through a regular web outfit (att.net), it

> works fine. When I (or anyone else) e-mails an attachment through my

> company's server, it won't open or extract properly. Could there be some

> kind of encryption in my company's servers that somehow affects the

> attachment?




For starters, a workaround: rename the files to change their extension from .ZIP to

.PPTX, .DOCX or whatever. They should then open w/o problems.



Then have a look here:



Office files don't download correctly from a Web Server; saved as zip files instead

http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00911.htm



You'll probably have to get your server's admin to read it in order to do any good.





>

> Also, I don't know what Microsoft Diagnostics is.

>

> Thanks for your patience with this.

>

> "Bob I" wrote:

>

> > have you run Microsoft Office Diagnostics yet? Also if you save the file

> > and then open them from within Word or Powerpoint they work correctly,

> > and also try Save and then double click to open.

> >

> > Gulliver Foyle wrote:

> > > Mary Sauer: The compatibility pack says it's for Office Versions prior to

> > > 2007. I have 2007.

> > >

> > > Bob I: Yes, it's installed and activated. Works fine with doc and ppt, but

> > > won't open correctly zip docx and pptx.

> > >

> > > "Bob I" wrote:

> > >

> > >

> > >>Are you sure Office 2007 is installed and activated?

> > >>

> > >>Gulliver Foyle wrote:

> > >>

> > >>

> > >>>I have a new Dell XPS Studio 13, that came with Microsoft Office 2007. When

> > >>>people send me files in docx and pptx, they won't open. They are shown as

> > >>>zip files and when I try to open or extract, I just get file folders.

> > >>>

> > >>>How can I get them open?

> > >>>

> > >>>Thanks,

> > >>>

> > >>>G. F.

> > >>

> > >>.

> > >>


> >

> > .

> >
 
I am seeing this happen among Office 2008 fr the Mac when files are

sent as e-mail attachments to Windows PC Office 2003/2007 users. The

'x' is dropped off the file name suffix, .docx becomes .doc (though

it's really not a .doc format) and .xlsx becomes .xls (though not .xls

format), can't read (or convert) the files. It would be helpful to

have a solid test strategy for eliminating or verifying the mail

server involved either is or is not responsible.
 
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