Barry
Wed Jun 14 12:59:31 CDT 2006
You're welcome. Glad it worked :)
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Barry Wainwright
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> From: Tom in PA <vmcw@aol.com>
> Organization:
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> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage
> Date: 14 Jun 2006 10:43:48 -0700
> Subject: Re: File Download Entourage vs. Outlook Express
>
> Barry:
>
> You're absolutelly right. I didn't know that such an option existed,
> or I would have checked for it. Thanks for the prompt response!
> Tom in PA
>
> Barry Wainwright [MVP] wrote:
>> On 14/6/06 13:23, in article
>> 1150287788.640865.241510@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com, "Tom in PA"
>> <vmcw@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm trying to transition from my PC to a Mac mini (OS 10.4) and am
>>> having a lot of frustration with MS Office products. For example, I
>>> was recently sent an e-mail with a Word file attached. Outlook
>>> received (from my e-mail server at work) a 345k Word file that it had
>>> no trouble opening (should be the correct size for this document,
>>> looked fine). In Enrourage, downloading the same message, I got a 17k
>>> file with the same name and 'doc' extension and Word won't open it.
>>> Also, if it's really 17k, it's obviously not the whole file so would be
>>> worthless even if opened.
>>>
>>> Can anyone explain what might be going wrong here?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>
>> Is it possible that in the mail account settings you have the option to
>> 'partially download messages' turned on? In this case, only part of the
>> message will be available, and word would fail to open the file. Simply
>> right-click on the message and select 'retrieve entire message'.
>>
>> --
>> Barry Wainwright
>> Microsoft MVP (see
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com for details)
>> Check out the Entourage User's WebLog for hints, tips and troubleshooting
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