Robincc Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 (edited) Hello everyone. I have just installed Affinity Publisher but when I go to open a Word Doc the files are not recognised and I cannot select one. I have tried to drag and drop but Affinity says the file is not supported. The Microsoft Word Document (.docx) opens ok in Word. Any help would be much appreciated. When I go to select a file I make sure the dropdown menu is set to All Files. I tried the other options but still no Docx files are shown. Thank you, Robin Edited May 15, 2020 by Robincc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacerto Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Older .doc format simply just is not supported. You'd neet to convert them to .docx or .rtf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robincc Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 Hello Lagarto. The word docs are .docx this is what is puzzling me. Even txt files are not showing up when I try and select them. Thank you for replying. Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacerto Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Are you using the File > Place command (instead of File > Open)? Can you drag and drop a Word file on an open .afpub file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robincc Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 (edited) Ah!...You found the reason...I must use the Place command. Just getting to grips with this beautiful software. Thank you, Lagarto. Robin Edited May 15, 2020 by Robincc lacerto 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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