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bathsheba - 30 Apr 2008 15:42 GMT

Good morning,
I have received a few .tif attachments today that I can't open. I tried
forwarding them to myself (didn't work) and saving them in a folder. The
folder allowed me to open 2 out of 6 of them. Any suggestions to try and
open the rest? As always, many thanks for any and all help.

Bash

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Frankster - 30 Apr 2008 16:21 GMT

> Good morning,
> I have received a few .tif attachments today that I can't open. I tried
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> Bash

Any error message?

-Frank

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bathsheba - 30 Apr 2008 16:42 GMT

Hi Frank,
The error message reads, "Photo gallery can't open this picture or video.
This file format is not supported, or you don't have the latest updates to
Photo gallery."
Does this help?

Bash

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> > Good morning,
> > I have received a few .tif attachments today that I can't open. I tried
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> -Frank

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bathsheba - 30 Apr 2008 17:38 GMT

I have a little more info. I noticed that the files I can open in a folder
end with (image/tiff) and the ones I can't end with (application/applefile).
Am I to assume it is a Mac problem?

Bash

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> Hi Frank,
> The error message reads, "Photo gallery can't open this picture or video.
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Gary VanderMolen - 30 Apr 2008 18:45 GMT

Tell the sender to send you a Windows-based document instead.

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>I have a little more info. I noticed that the files I can open in a folder
> end with (image/tiff) and the ones I can't end with (application/applefile).
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bathsheba - 30 Apr 2008 19:03 GMT

For my own curiosity, what makes a Windows-based doc, a Windows-based doc?

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> Tell the sender to send you a Windows-based document instead.
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John Richards - 30 Apr 2008 19:18 GMT

It was created by a Windows program running on a Windows computer,
rather than (say) on an Apple Mac computer. To be sure, some Mac
programs have an option to save a document in a Windows file format.

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> For my own curiosity, what makes a Windows-based doc, a Windows-based doc?
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bathsheba - 30 Apr 2008 19:28 GMT

Makes sense! Thank you Gary. By the way, do you know you are coming up as
John Richards? An alter-ego perhaps? : )

Cheers
Bash

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> It was created by a Windows program running on a Windows computer,
> rather than (say) on an Apple Mac computer. To be sure, some Mac
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Gary VanderMolen - 30 Apr 2008 19:55 GMT

You have a sharp eye.
I was having trouble with the msnews.microsoft.com news server earlier,
and switched to my ISP news server. I forgot that (for privacy) I use a
'pen' name on my ISP news server account.

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> Makes sense! Thank you Gary. By the way, do you know you are coming up as
> John Richards? An alter-ego perhaps? : )
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Bob W - 30 Apr 2008 19:30 GMT

Not sure, but, if I remember correctly, aren't TIF's graphic image files? What are you trying to open them with? You might want to convert them into a jpg or gif or bmp format. PAINT may do that for you (OPEN then Save As), or you can go to Zamzar online (http://www.zamzar.com/) and do the conversion there. Depending on what your default program is for TIF files, that might be the problem - wrong default.
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Good morning,
I have received a few .tif attachments today that I can't open. I tried
forwarding them to myself (didn't work) and saving them in a folder. The
folder allowed me to open 2 out of 6 of them. Any suggestions to try and
open the rest? As always, many thanks for any and all help.

Bash
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bathsheba

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bathsheba - 30 Apr 2008 19:51 GMT

Bob
Your information, while incredibly useful, is a bit beyond my skill level.
I understood approximately, 43.3% of what you are suggesting! However, I am
a trooper and will see if I can put it into action. The .tifs that I am
trying to open are photographs from a graphic artist who uses a Mac. I am
tempted to tell him to drop them in an envelope and put them in the
mail...God forbid!!

Cheers,
Bash

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> Not sure, but, if I remember correctly, aren't TIF's graphic image files? What are you trying to open them with? You might want to convert them into a jpg or gif or bmp format. PAINT may do that for you (OPEN then Save As), or you can go to Zamzar online (http://www.zamzar.com/) and do the conversion there. Depending on what your default program is for TIF files, that might be the problem - wrong default.
> Bob, Still Old, Still Grey, And Still A Woolf
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> bathsheba

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