File conversion at Word startup

[Ray Kilham]

When opening Word or an extisting document I get a box saying the following:
File conversion. please select the encoding that makes your document
readable, if I click either cancel or ok this box goes and I get another box
saying Word cannot open this document template, underneath this it says
(C:\...\STARTUP\~$TbRun9.doc)

If I click the OK button the document opens, this has just started to
happen, any ideas please.

Rayk

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This is a temporary file (the "owner" file) left over from a
TextBridge OCR add-in that has evidently been removed. Delete the
~$TbRun9.dot file from the Startup folder, and you will not be troubled
again.

 

[Ray Kilham]

What A star * problem solved, thanks

This is a temporary file (the "owner" file) left over from a
TextBridge OCR add-in that has evidently been removed. Delete the
~$TbRun9.dot file from the Startup folder, and you will not be troubled
again.

 

[Sadie]

Same began occurring in last few days with Word 2003 but file $TbRun9.dot
file not found via search. Any other clues as to how to avoid receiving the
file conversion error message so document can be accessed?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The file is ~$TbRun9.dot, not $TbRun9.dot, and it is clearly located in the
Word or Office Startup folder (according to the error message you are
receiving). When you searched, did you include hidden and system files and
folders in the search?

 

[Sadie]

New user in postings - possibly 2nd reply! Experienced similar problem
having been confronted with File Conversion. Turns out I was in Word & trying
to access Excel file. Once Excel turned on, I incurred no problem. Give
this a try.

 

[Sadie]

If you say file is there, I know it must be. Just do not know how to include
hidden and system files. To search I used (1) Windows Desktop Search (2)
Search from the Start screen. Appreciate your providing search method you
used.
Note: I did not proceed as far as Kilham did so possibly that may be why I
did not receive same error.
Sadie

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

In the Search window, choose Tools | Folder Options | View and choose the
radio button for "Show hidden files and folders."

 

[Terry Farrell]

Not than long ago there was an Excel filter for Word: but it is no longer.
Yu need to open in Excel now.

 

[Beth Melton]

I'm not sure I understand your recommendation - what does MSN have to do
with this?

If you want to view just Word files for Word and Excel files for Excel then
change the Files Of Type in your Open dilaog box to "All Word Documents" or
"All Excel Documents". I suspect you are seeing "All Documents".

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

 

[Beth Melton]

If Word wants to convert your document then there is something in the
document that is triggering it. When Word opens a document it first
determines what type of file you are opening based on the internal content.
For example if it determines the content is a rich text then it opens it
using the rich text convertor. Note that the type of document has nothing to
do with the file extension as far as Word is concerned.

Anyway, I think what you are saying is you are no longer prompted for the
conversion and it is converting automatically? If that's the case then go to
Tools/Options/General amd make sure "Confirm Conversions at Open" is turned
on.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

 

[Sadie]

Beth, thanks for pointing out that I already have capability to specifiy type
of files desired. For other novice users incurring similar problem, view
bottom of your screen where shown: "FILES OF TYPE:" and scroll down to
change from All Types to select desired file type: either Word files or Excel
files, etc.

Problem resolved!

 

[Sadie]

Upon Accessing/Tools/Internet Options/General, I do not see "Confirm
Conversions at Open". All I see is Home Page, Browsing, Search, Tabs &
Appearance. Upon accessing each, I still do not see "Confirm Conversions at
Open". Appreciate your better identifying where this might be.

Sadie

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This setting is on the General tab of Tools | Options in Word.

 

[Beth Metlon]

As Suzanne noted, the option is found in Word not Internet Explorer. Since
this newsgroup is dedicated to Word, typically responses will refer to the
Word application.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

 

[Sadie]

Now have Tools in Word updated to show Confirm Conversion at Open.
Thanks!