How to open MDI files in Office 2010

Anonymous
2010-03-16T05:36:16+00:00

Open the mdi file use Microsoft Document Image in Office 2003, but I can't find Microsoft Document Image to open mdi file in office 2010 ,help me!

Microsoft 365 and Office | Install, redeem, activate | For home | Other

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments
Answer accepted by question author
Anonymous
2012-02-17T04:06:02+00:00

Now it's Feb 2012 and people's prior posts are still helping others!

I went to the Microsoft article 982760 (supplied by Tony Mac. on July 29, 2011 and Debbie MFST on July 28 2011) and - after skim reading it - wondered if I could instead use my disk for MS Office 2003

(only uninstalled it yesterday, to free up conflicts with my newly loaded MS Office 2010) ...... 

to get the 'missing' and needed Microsoft Office Document Imaging back.

And it worked.   :-)

Follow the same logic (equivalent steps) about marking components on the disk as "unavailable"  except your starting point with this WON'T be Sharepoint Designer, Office Shared Features and Office Tools - just mark all the MS Office 2003 components like Word, Excel etc as "unavailable" and when you expand the Office Tools after marking the Tools as "unavailable" from then on you will be using the exact same steps ie the down arrow for the Microsoft Document Imaging and selecting Run all from my computer.  This will override the choice of "not available"  for Office Tools in regard to JUST the MDI software.

This means people who were using 2003 don't have to download a big file with the package for the Sharepoint Designer 2007 - just to install a small part of it.

It's not clear to me whether MSO 2007 had the MODI software in it....I only ever used some bits of a Trial version of MSO 2007.  If it did....maybe those people who "gained" their MODI that way could also use their disk made defunct when they installed MSO 2010?

Hope all this makes some sense (it only will if you have looked at the article 982760, and perhaps printed it off).  And helps.....someone else like me who was cheesed off to find that going over to MSO 2010 of course has it's downsides!

Was this answer helpful?

7 people found this answer helpful.
0 comments
Answer accepted by question author
Anonymous
2011-07-28T15:40:58+00:00

Hello all,

Microsoft has updated KB982760 to provide additional details regarding MODI.

Please see: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982760 for information on installing MODI with Office 2010.

Hope that helps...

Was this answer helpful?

5 people found this answer helpful.
0 comments
Answer accepted by question author
Anonymous
2011-07-27T18:35:07+00:00

Glad this helped you. Microsoft updated this article to include the above steps in Method 1: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982760

Was this answer helpful?

0 comments

47 additional answers

Sort by: Newest
Most helpful Newest Oldest
  1. Anonymous
    2011-02-21T02:13:46+00:00

    Sure, Bugysoft has a free version where you can only save in .bmp or .jpg format, not PDF.  You have to pay to do that.

    Microsoft is responsible for giving us a free conversion utility. 

    Microsoft has done some very bad things, causing so much wasted time, like having Favorites bounce back to Favorites between each save, etc.  I curse them every day for this one, since I use it so often.  And aren't they responsible for the disappearance of the Google search results not showing up in History?  The upgrade to Windows 7/Office 2007/IE8 was a huge mistake.

    For years, I saved all of my online documents, receipts, etc. as .mdi files.  For Microsoft to move on and not even give us a free conversion utility - I am so angry.  Where are they getting these idiot users who are telling them that by doing things like this, you are making the software "better."  And telling them that no one uses the .mdi format?

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  2. Anonymous
    2010-12-10T01:20:03+00:00

    Microsoft don't even try to hide the contempt they have for their customers anymore. It is of absolutely no concern to them how much inconvenience and additional expense they cause their customers with incompatible upgrades.

    You need to keep at least application from Office 2003 or 2007 installed to retain the Document Imaging. I was lucky, I upgraded Office but not Visio and the document image remained. My partner doesn't use Visio and lost the document imaging that gets used all the time.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments