How to open mdi files in office 2000

This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. MDI Viewer's interface is efficient but not especially attractive, with some unappealing color choices.

That's a matter of opinion, of course, but what isn't is the way the program's interface opened maximized, with the size controls underneath our right-hand Windows toolbar.

We had to unlock the toolbar and drag it to the bottom of our desktop to uncover MDI Viewer's controls and minimize the window. MDI Viewer displays thumbnails in its left-hand navigation panel. It does indeed open MDI and TIFF files as well as a variety of other image formats, but it wouldn't open any of our PDFs, claiming the files were missing or corrupted they weren't, as we quickly verified.

Stranger still, we found no evidence of any conversion capability, or even the ability to save files; just open them. A button labeled More Functions took us to the developer's Web site and additional software offers. If you need to view MDI files without the appropriate Microsoft programs, your choices are limited. MDI Viewer will let you see the contents of MDI files, which might be all you need, and you can always print the screen or take a screenshot if you need to save data.

That's cumbersome, but it beats the alternative, if there is one. Free YouTube Downloader. IObit Uninstaller. Internet Download Manager. Advanced SystemCare Free. VLC Media Player. The first way is to simply download a free download from Microsoft called SharePoint Designer When you go to install it, however, you deselect everything except for Microsoft Office Document Imaging like shown below.

If you can get your hands on an Office DVD, then you can run the install, choose Customize and do the same thing as shown above. Once you download and install it, open a command prompt and navigate to the install directory by typing in the following command:.

Once there, you can type in mdi2tif — help to see how to use the program. If you do this, it will make the command you have to type very simple. The above command uses the source parameter and gives the name of the file. There are other parameters you can use, but the only ones that are of interest are dest and subfolders. If you have a bunch of MDI file to convert, then you might want to use a slightly longer command like this:.

If it doesn't get opened automatically then you can right click on it and select Word for opening it. Rather than using Win Professional with Office upgrade to windows xp or vista and start using office or Replies: 10 Last Post: , AM. Will I be able to open. By Kynan in forum Windows Software. Replies: 3 Last Post: , PM.

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