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ok I will try that and update post in a bit, Thank you
Preview or open a docx file
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I am trying to open or preview a docx file in outlook or word. I have upgraded to office 365 thinking it would fix my issue with trying to preview/view docx files, but it has not. I can not preview it in outlook (says no previewer installed) and if I click to open it in Word I get an error saying "Word experienced an error trying to open the file", but if I do the dance to open it in Google Docs it opens without a problem. The files are not corrupt, it happens with ALL of the docx files I receive, and they are from a trusted source. I have tried to repair office with the online repair option with no change.
Please help me fix this issue so I don't have to use google to view my docx files. Thank you for taking the time to read this, and any suggestions provided.
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2018-05-07T23:46:10+00:00 I was not able to view docx files before or after updates, also could not view with 2013 when that was installed
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Anonymous
2018-05-07T23:45:20+00:00 To roll back the update, this link explain how
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Anonymous
2018-05-07T23:41:03+00:00 witch option?
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Anonymous
2018-05-07T23:37:28+00:00 We are getting few reports about issues with the last update, id highly try this option and if that did no solve the problem, will try another one. But i just helped someone with similar problem and this got solved with this.