An attachment emailed to me is a .pln file that the sender claims to open with Word. My computer does not recognise this file. I tried the Microsoft web search for a solution which recommended RegCure. But RegCure didn't do anything. What is a pln file and how can I open one? -- Harry
Its could be a Canon photo file. You can try inserting the file in your word document rather than just openiong it. I don't know what version of Word you are using so I can't give you the instructions here. Alternatively, try opening the file in your browser like IE8 or Mozilla/Firefox. hth "Harry" <Harry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:66397AB2-3182-43E7-88B5-AF08CAFB57D8@microsoft.com... > An attachment emailed to me is a .pln file that the sender claims to open > with Word. My computer does not recognise this file. I tried the Microsoft > web search for a solution which recommended RegCure. But RegCure didn't do > anything. What is a pln file and how can I open one? > -- > Harry
A Google search suggests these could be WordPerfect spreadsheet files. Perhaps your sender has a version of Word that contains converters for WordPerfect files, where you don't--hence the difference. -- Susan Ramlet -- please reply to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Harry" <Harry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:66397AB2-3182-43E7-88B5-AF08CAFB57D8@microsoft.com... > An attachment emailed to me is a .pln file that the sender claims to open > with Word. My computer does not recognise this file. I tried the Microsoft > web search for a solution which recommended RegCure. But RegCure didn't do > anything. What is a pln file and how can I open one? > -- > Harry
Thanks, Susan. You could be right. I tried downloading a file extension "fix-all" programme - but it said my computer had no problem with the .pln extension! I'm destined not to win this one. -- Harry "Susan Ramlet" wrote: > A Google search suggests these could be WordPerfect spreadsheet files. > Perhaps your sender has a version of Word that contains converters for > WordPerfect files, where you don't--hence the difference. > > -- > Susan Ramlet > -- > please reply to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > > "Harry" <Harry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:66397AB2-3182-43E7-88B5-AF08CAFB57D8@microsoft.com... > > An attachment emailed to me is a .pln file that the sender claims to open > > with Word. My computer does not recognise this file. I tried the Microsoft > > web search for a solution which recommended RegCure. But RegCure didn't do > > anything. What is a pln file and how can I open one? > > -- > > Harry >
Thanks for your suggestions - regrettably neither worked. Suspect Susan is right & its an ancient WordPerfect file. -- Harry "ANONYMOU S" wrote: > Its could be a Canon photo file. You can try inserting the file in your > word document rather than just openiong it. I don't know what version of > Word you are using so I can't give you the instructions here. > > Alternatively, try opening the file in your browser like IE8 or > Mozilla/Firefox. > > hth > > "Harry" <Harry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:66397AB2-3182-43E7-88B5-AF08CAFB57D8@microsoft.com... > > An attachment emailed to me is a .pln file that the sender claims to open > > with Word. My computer does not recognise this file. I tried the Microsoft > > web search for a solution which recommended RegCure. But RegCure didn't do > > anything. What is a pln file and how can I open one? > > -- > > Harry > > > . >
Perhaps your friend who can open them could then do a File, Save As and save them back to a compatible version for your system. -- Susan Ramlet -- please reply to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Harry" <Harry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:02B9E8FD-1CCF-4E87-B10F-BF4FB97286CF@microsoft.com... > Thanks, Susan. You could be right. I tried downloading a file extension > "fix-all" programme - but it said my computer had no problem with the .pln > extension! I'm destined not to win this one. > -- > Harry > > > "Susan Ramlet" wrote: > >> A Google search suggests these could be WordPerfect spreadsheet files. >> Perhaps your sender has a version of Word that contains converters for >> WordPerfect files, where you don't--hence the difference. >> >> -- >> Susan Ramlet >> -- >> please reply to the newsgroup so all may benefit. >> >> "Harry" <Harry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:66397AB2-3182-43E7-88B5-AF08CAFB57D8@microsoft.com... >> > An attachment emailed to me is a .pln file that the sender claims to >> > open >> > with Word. My computer does not recognise this file. I tried the >> > Microsoft >> > web search for a solution which recommended RegCure. But RegCure didn't >> > do >> > anything. What is a pln file and how can I open one? >> > -- >> > Harry >>