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How come I get an error saying file format not recognized when I try to open a document I made at home on an office computer?

by on July 21, 2011

Q: You have been working from your home office creating your company’s annual report in Microsoft Word. Upon attempting to open the annual report on a computer at your company’s office, an error message is displayed stating that the file format cannot be recognized. What might have caused this?

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One Response to “How come I get an error saying file format not recognized when I try to open a document I made at home on an office computer?”
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    File may have become corrupt during transport, or you’re using a newer version of Word at home than at the office and they haven’t installed a format compatibility pack.

     

    Mark (Uber Geek) says: on July 21, 2011 at 10:14 am