convert MDI to DOC???

*kaybing27* · 28-08-2005

Hello,

I have accidently saved my important document in word as a MDI file and now i cannot edit it with word. It opens with microsoft imaging program but when i try with word it says choose the right decoding, none of them work, they all give out mumbo jumbo. Is there a way to convert? or get it working with word???

Thanks

*Da_Taxman* · 28-08-2005

Can't you rename the file to a DOC extension?
Be sure that you are able to view the extensions of files in Windows Explorer

*xtacydima* · 28-08-2005

This is very odd, word should open any format that it can "save as". Have you tried renamin gthe extension to a .doc and opening it. When you saved it to the wrong file type, did you receive a warning that some characters may not be available later on. If such is the case it may be that you saved it as a different type and now the unicode characters are gone.

*kaybing27* · 29-08-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Da_Taxman

Can't you rename the file to a DOC extension?
Be sure that you are able to view the extensions of files in Windows Explorer

When i do that, it sas it needs to install a converter but comes up with an error after half a minute.

What happened was that "microsoft office document image writer" was printer default, a member of my family tried to print it, and it auto saved it as a mdi file, we then lost the original doc file to a harddrive crash and cud only recover the the mdi file.

Anyway it isnt as urgent now, becos that member of the family has redone it in doc.

Thanks anyways

*lui_gough* · 29-08-2005

MDI = Microsoft Document Imaging or sumthing similar. yes it's when u print to that printer, effectively turns into an image.

If you had chosen tiff, you prolly could have OCR'ed it. but you can't OCR an MDI

*kaybing27* · 29-08-2005

Ok mate.

Cheers

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Da_Taxman No longer with us Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Denver, Colorado (USA) Posts: 15,360	Re: convert MDI to DOC??? Can't you rename the file to a DOC extension? Be sure that you are able to view the extensions of files in Windows Explorer

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xtacydima Former Moderator Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA Posts: 4,009	Re: convert MDI to DOC??? This is very odd, word should open any format that it can "save as". Have you tried renamin gthe extension to a .doc and opening it. When you saved it to the wrong file type, did you receive a warning that some characters may not be available later on. If such is the case it may be that you saved it as a different type and now the unicode characters are gone. __________________ My Rig: Corsair Obsidian 750D Corsair HX Series CMPSU-1000HX 1000W PSU Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz running Win7 Ultimate 64bit Corsair H50 Hydro Cooler CWCH50 Intel BOXDZ77GA70K LGA 1155 Intel Z77 motherboard Corsair DOMINATOR 16GB (4 x 4GB) ASUS ENGTX570 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 SAMSUNG 840 Pro 512GB Series MZ-7PD512BW WD Caviar Black 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s WD Caviar Black 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s ASUS DRW-24B1ST Pioneer BD-RW BDR-206D *when needed...* Lite-On LTR-52246S 6S0F (via USB 2.0 to IDE) Lite-On JLMS XJ-HD166S DS1C (via USB 2.0 to IDE) *NEC 3500AG 2.TC Quiet* (via USB 2.0 to IDE) Lite-On SOHW 1673S JS07 (via USB 2.0 to IDE) Found a Solution here helpful? Like the forum's? Well then, what are you waiting for JOIN NOW**!!!

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