Unable to open attached documents in emails with Adobe Reader 9

I get emails with attachments but when i try to open, i keep getting a warning saying .... ADOBE READER CAN NOT OPEN DOCUMENT BECAUSE IT IS EITHER NOT SUPPORTED FILE TYPE OR FILE HAS BEEN DAMAGED.....etc. I presumed that as the attachments were most likely WORD documents (and I only have Microsoft WORKS) that this was the reason. So i downloaded the free Microsoft Word reader but still unable to read. I send the emails to friends to open and they send them back to me.....Its becomming a bit annoying for them understandly....Can anyone help me...Many thanks

By email client I mean the email program: Outlook, Windows Live Mail, Thunderbird, ...
But anyway, this is of no importance; it is your file association that is wrong: Word documents (.doc, .docx) must be associated with Word, or in your case Word Viewer, not Adobe Reader. This is why you cannot view your attachments.
On the other hand, the installation of Word Viewer should have corrected that, not sure why it didn't.
What I would do if I encountered your situation:
uninstall Adobe Reader and Word Viewer
reinstall Adobe Reader and Word Viewer

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