How do I read an attachment sent in an earlier version of MO? travelin pam 12/30/2008 9:15:36 PM when opening an attachment I rcv an error "you are attempting to open a file that was created in an earlier version of Microsoft Office. This file type is blocked from opening in this version by your registry policy setting." How do I unblock this?

Re: How do I read an attachment sent in an earlier version of MO? p0 <yves.dhondt[ at ]gmail.com> 12/30/2008 11:06:57 PM On 30 dec, 22:15, travelin pam <travelin p...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > when opening an attachment I rcv an error "you are attempting to open a file > that was created in an earlier version of Microsoft Office. This file type is > blocked from opening in this version by your registry policy setting."  How > do I unblock this? Try saving the attachment locally first. Then try opening it from there. If the problem still remains, and you are using Office 2003 SP3, you might want to check out http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941636 Yves

Re: How do I read an attachment sent in an earlier version of MO? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 12/30/2008 11:27:37 PM See "Information about certain file types that are blocked after you install Office 2003 Service Pack 3" at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938810 -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "travelin pam" <travelin pam[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:65664E66-0EC0-4520-8361-0C51B501E432[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > when opening an attachment I rcv an error "you are attempting to open a > file > that was created in an earlier version of Microsoft Office. This file type > is > blocked from opening in this version by your registry policy setting." > How > do I unblock this? >