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Received a .docx attachment on an email. &nbsp;It indicates it is in Wordpad format with a .docx suffix. &nbsp;When using Word 2002 to open it I get nothing but garbage. &nbsp;Same when I convert it to .pdf. &nbsp;How do I get this document to open in MS Word?
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Received a .docx attachment on an email.  It indicates it is in Wordpad format with a .docx suffix.  When using Word 2002 to open it I get nothing but garbage.  Same when I convert it to .pdf.  How do I get this document to open in MS Word?

How do I open a Wordpad .docx document with Word 2002?

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