Not Francis but you will not do any harm to your PC. I had to download this myself. It is a reliable site. Just quotht Susanuandthmstall it amd it will work just fine you' Eleanor -original message- Subject: [vip_students] Re: saved attachment From: "Susan Curry" <SusanCurry@xxxxxxx> Date: 07/04/2011 3:02 pm hi frances, thanks for that, i am just afraid of doing harm to the computer down loading these sort of things. i'll give it a go though. susan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Francis Kane" <francis.kane@xxxxxxx> To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 2:48 PM Subject: [vip_students] Re: saved attachment > Hi Susan, > > You probably have an older version of word. The attachment would have been > created in a newer version of word so you need to download a compatabilty > patch to enable you to access it. You'll find the download to the > compatability pack here http://tiny.cc/dp1wq just downlaod and run and it > should sort you out. > > All the best, > > Francis. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Susan Curry" <SusanCurry@xxxxxxx> > To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 2:36 PM > Subject: [vip_students] saved attachment > > >> hi folks, >> >> i save an attachment over to my documents but after scanning it i then >> tried to open it but got this message, >> this file was created by a newer version of microsoft word do you want to >> down load a compatabilitty pack so you can work with this file? >> >> what is this all about? >> best wishes >> >> susan >> >> -- >> I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. >> We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. >> SPAMfighter has removed 1752 of my spam emails to date. >> Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len >> >> The Professional version does not have this message >> >> >> >> > > > NCBI: Celebrating 80 Years > > ******************************************************************** > National Council for the Blind of Ireland (NCBI) is a company limited by > guarantee (registered in Ireland No. 26293) . > Our registered office is at Whitworth Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9. > NCBI is also a registered Charity (chy4626). > NOTICE: The information contained in this email and any attachments is > confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient > you should not use, disclose, distribute or copy any of the content of it > or of any attachment; you are requested to notify the sender immediately > of your receipt of the email and then to delete it and any attachments > from your system. > > NCBI endeavours to ensure that emails and any attachments generated by its > staff are free from viruses or other contaminants. However, it cannot > accept any responsibility for any such which are transmitted. We > therefore recommend you scan all attachments. > > Please note that the statements and views expressed in this email and any > attachments are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the > views of NCBI > > > ******************************************************************** > > > > > -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1752 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message