"rick cameron" <rick.cameron@decisionscrystal.com> wrote in message
news:uib%23SSWUHHA.1636@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I just tried this using AS 4.0.0 and Word 2003, and it worked (i.e. I can
>see the drawing in Word when I open the document on the desktop PC). It
>even works with WordPad on Windows XP.
>
> I suspect the problem you're having is due to the older version of Word,
> but you could try replacing AS 4.5 with AS 4.0.0.
>
> Cheers
>
> - rick
>

Thanks for the reply.

I couldn't find AS 4.0.0 - I had originally been looking for 3.5.1 - the
earliest was 4.2 and no joy with that either. I'll try installing Office XP
(is that 2002?). Other than that, I'm a bit stuck....


> "Schrodinger" <no@way.com> wrote in message
> news:bF5Bh.233010$5l2.161028@fe02.news.easynews.co m...
>> Hi,
>>
>> My daughter has made some drawings on a Dell Axim X5 (running PocketPC
>> 2002) in Pocket Word. (We were sat in a restaurant in Paris, watching an
>> artist paint some diners. My daughter quietly drew the artist in Pocket
>> Word - ending up with a very passable likeness!)
>>
>> I have installed ActiveSync 4.5 on our laptop and tried copying the PPC
>> files to the laptop and opening in Word2000, but on double clicking Word
>> does not open the file. Opening the file directly with Word just opens a
>> blank white document.
>>
>> I have tried searching for help on Google, but the files should
>> apparently be converted automatically.
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated in converting the files as I would love to
>> be able to email them to her Grandma!
>>
>>
>>
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