Excellent! I'm glad to hear you got this to work, despite Microsoft's best
efforts to make their own programs mutually incompatible ;^)

Cheers

- rick

"Schrodinger" <no@way.com> wrote in message
news:xp1Ch.179058$_92.61752@fe05.news.easynews.com ...
> Thank you once again for your excellent advice.
>
> I tried this on my laptop, but gave up when 3.8 didn't work - it tried to
> convert the file but came up with an "unexpected data" error.
>
> I got it working on my main PC, installing ActiveSync 3.5, then later
> versions until my Axim X5 was recognised.
>
> Version 3.7.1 worked! Along with Word 2000 the files now open with no
> problems.
>
> Thanks again for your help, without it I would have had to resort to
> taking a picture of the Pocket PC screen!
>
>
> "rick cameron" <rick.cameron@decisionscrystal.com> wrote in message
> news:eu%23QBQiUHHA.920@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> There are several old versions of ActiveSync available at
>> http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=msasync
>>
>> According to
>> http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/faqs/acti...imitations.htm
>> ActiveSync 3.8 installs a converter for Pocket Word files, but AS 4.x
>> doesn't!
>>
>> So give AS 3.8 a try before upgrading Office.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> - rick
>>
>> "Schrodinger" <no@way.com> wrote in message
>> news:FqpBh.112192$dB4.52139@fe08.news.easynews.com ...
>>>
>>> "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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