There are several old versions of ActiveSync available at
http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=msasync

According to
http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/faqs/acti...imitations.htm
ActiveSync 3.8 installs a converter for Pocket Word files, but AS 4.x
doesn't!

So give AS 3.8 a try before upgrading Office.

Cheers

- rick

"Schrodinger" <no@way.com> wrote in message
news:FqpBh.112192$dB4.52139@fe08.news.easynews.com ...
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> "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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