Mactopia: [ANN] "Dbl-Click Won't Open..." Issues

Mactopia: [ANN] "Dbl-Click Won't Open..." Issues http://www.officeformac.com/ms/microsoft.public.mac.office This message has been cross-posted to the Macintosh Word, PowerPoint, Excel & Office groups. The problem some of you have been experiencing whereby a file received via email refuses to open when double-clicked has been traced to email and/or web browser software mishandling the file sometime during its life cycle. Apparently certain programs of those types modify a key identifier in MS Office files which the 2008 apps require in order to be activated & open a file when it's double-clicked . Although identity of the software hasn't been identified, MacBU is working with the developers to resolve the situation. In the meanwhile there is no "fix". However, there are 2 *simple* workarounds which I have tested on problem files forwarded to me by participants in the Word group. (I've not tried any Excel or PPt files but would expect the same results.) Most importantly, I have found them to be 100% effective here on both a PPC running Tiger 10.4.11 with Office 12.1 as well as an Intel MacBook Pro running Leopard 10.5.0 with the same Office 12.1 update. The steps are as follows: Method A: Use file> Open to open the file, then Save As to create a new copy. This, of course leaves you with the bad copy which still has to be disposed of, so you may prefer to use... Method B: 1... Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:07:24 GMT Web Crossing(r) Unix-v6.4 built Jan 14 2010 18:50:13 (source:1372 2010-01-14 15:39:31 -0800)/Unix-6.4 (http://webcrossing.com/) http://backend.userland.com/rss