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14 Replies Last post: Jul 7, 2008 6:47 PM by bsherbourne

scan

7 posts since
Mar 17, 2008

Mar 17, 2008 1:51 PM

Cannot Open .xfd Document

I have a legal document sent by my lawyer but I cannot open it. She cant resend the document in any other format as it is a legal document can someone help me view it please.

mphenterprises

9,117 posts since
Feb 19, 2007

1. Mar 17, 2008 2:05 PM

in response to: scan

Re: Cannot Open .xfd Document

Hi Scan and welcome to the PCWorld Communities.

Try PureEdge 8x Viewer. Here are the instructions to install and use this viewer.

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scan

7 posts since
Mar 17, 2008

2. Mar 17, 2008 2:07 PM

in response to: scan

Re: Cannot Open .xfd Document

Hi there

Thank you for the welcome and thank you for the answer..

As you can probably gather I am not that clued up with IT I have been to the IBM website where the link leads but where do I GO ONCE ON THERE SORRY FOR APPEARING TO BE DIM I AM NOT THAT BAD REALLY

mphenterprises

9,117 posts since
Feb 19, 2007

3. Mar 17, 2008 2:13 PM

in response to: scan

Re: Cannot Open .xfd Document

Do you mean where did I (me) go once on their site? Check the hyperlinks again. I updated the links. The first one is the actual .exe file itself. The second link is the .pdf file.

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scan

7 posts since
Mar 17, 2008

4. Mar 17, 2008 2:14 PM

in response to: scan

Re: Cannot Open .xfd Document

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU AND THANK YOU AGAIN FINALLY!!!!!!!!

mphenterprises

9,117 posts since
Feb 19, 2007

5. Mar 17, 2008 2:15 PM

in response to: scan

Re: Cannot Open .xfd Document

LOL With Pleasure.

If there is anything else we can do, please feel free to post.

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scan

7 posts since
Mar 17, 2008

6. Mar 17, 2008 2:24 PM

in response to: mphenterprises

Re: Cannot Open .xfd Document

Hi Again

APOLOGIES

I have followed all your instructions and I get an error has occurred couldnt launch viewer when I try to open the file

mphenterprises

9,117 posts since
Feb 19, 2007

7. Mar 17, 2008 2:34 PM

in response to: scan

Re: Cannot Open .xfd Document

Just to confirm, you followed all the steps laid out within the .pdf document, correct? The document is 12 pages long and it appears there is an update utility that is included. The .exe file that I provided is just the first half of the instructions.

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scan

7 posts since
Mar 17, 2008

8. Mar 17, 2008 2:41 PM

in response to: mphenterprises

Re: Cannot Open .xfd Document

Hi again,,

the pdf was 14 pages full of instructions and I ran the upgrade that it suggested. But for some reason it will not work., Is it because I am not in the US and the doc is not orig from US? Ar ethe requirements etc diff

mphenterprises

9,117 posts since
Feb 19, 2007

9. Mar 17, 2008 2:53 PM

in response to: scan

Re: Cannot Open .xfd Document

That is a very good question. To confirm, your computer does meet the minimum system requirements, correct? I gather that it does otherwise the application would not have installed. You may want to contact the Grants.gov Customer Service Department directly at 800-518-4726. They may be able to tell you whether or not there is a specific download for non-US users.

Full Disclosure:

The searching that I did directed me to a forum Discussion where a user was in Japan.

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mphenterprises

9,117 posts since
Feb 19, 2007

10. Mar 17, 2008 8:30 PM

in response to: scan

Re: Cannot Open .xfd Document

Since a .xfd document is a very specific format, the only way that any one of us would be able to duplicate your situation would be if we actually had a .xfd document. Obviously we are not going to ask you to forward a copy of the document you have so I am not sure how much more help we can be.

Once you contact the grant.gov Customer Service, please let us know what they say and we can proceed from there.

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scan

7 posts since
Mar 17, 2008

11. Mar 18, 2008 2:47 AM

in response to: mphenterprises

Re: Cannot Open .xfd Document

Apologies for the double post didnt realise I had as like you said I thought the hast one was closed..APOLOGIES. Have I offended anyone as you mention my tone? I dont mean to if I have and please advie where so i can see.

cheers again

mphenterprises

9,117 posts since
Feb 19, 2007

12. Mar 18, 2008 2:54 AM

in response to: scan

Re: Cannot Open .xfd Document

No problem at all, scan.

When I mentioned tone, I just meant that the impression left from your post would lead me to believe that your situation was not truly resolved. No offense was taken and no harm is done. The main thing is to get that document working for you.

I have two suggestions:

Contact Grants.gov at the phone number listed in the previous post and find out what you may need to do to get that application to work with your document

Contact your attorney and find out what application she used to create the document. If the document was not created by your attorney, find out what application she uses to view the document.

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LincolnSpector

310 posts since
Oct 16, 2006

13. Mar 18, 2008 4:17 PM

in response to: scan

Re: Cannot Open .xfd Document

You might find the article [
How Do I Read a File That Windows Doesn't Associate With Any of
My Applications?|http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,142811-page,2-c,software/article.html] useful.

Lincoln