Can't open docx-files received via mail client
Hello,
I'm using my iPad air (IOS 7.1.2) for my daily business. For that, my emails are synced with my company's exchange server (2007). When I receive an email with a Word docx attachment, I get an error when I try to open the attachment. I tried to open the word files with Word app, GoodReader, DocsToGo, Pages). The file is loaded and then, I got the error, that the file is corrupted. If I login in to the web version of Outlook, I can open the file with the mentioned apps. How can I solve the problem?
Thanks, Lars.
If you have the latest version of Pages it should open, it could be a problem with the file. This link gives you a few ways to open the file on a Mac, http://www.tothepc.com/archives/5-ways-to-open-docx-word-document-files/
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