How to Open MDI (Microsoft Document Imaging) Format with Office 2007

When using Microsoft Office 2003 System Suite, you may see a printer named Microsoft Office Document Image Writer in your list of printers. In a situation such as when you don’t have access to a printer, but must print out some transient documents such as booking confirmation for concert, flight or train tickets, or receipt for online purchase, or you simply want to keep a soft copy of the documents in unmodifiable format so that the file can later be printed elsewhere, you can make sure of MS Office Document Image Writer by printing to this virtual printer which will subsequently create a file with .MDI extension.

MDI is a proprietary file format of Microsoft for storing raster images of scanned documents together with optional annotations or metadata, and can only be produced or read by certain Microsoft software, such as Microsoft Office Document Imaging (MODI) module included in Microsoft Office 2003 and later. However, when you upgrade to Windows Vista and Office 2007, or bring the MDI files via USB flash drive or email to another computer with only Office 2007, you will encounter an error of “Windows cannot open this file”, and subsequently ask you to either let Windows to go online to look it up automatically, or manually select from a list of programs that are installed on computer.

The problem happens because “Microsoft Document Image Writer” feature is not installed by default when you run Office 2007 setup. So in order to open and view or print the MDI files with Office 2007 installed, try one of the following workaround or resolution.

Firstly, you can insert the file or drag and drop the MDI file into a OneNote page to view it instantly.

Second is a permanent solution, by installing Microsoft Document Imaging Writer and its corresponding support for the file format.

  1. Go to Control Panel, select “Uninstall a program” link under Programs section.”
  2. High Microsoft Office 2007 (it may show Ultimate, Enterprise, Professional, Small Business, Home and Student, etc).
  3. Click on “Change” located on the navigation link near the top of the window.
  4. Select “Add or Remove Features”, then click “Continue”.
  5. Expand “Office Tools” section.
  6. Click on the drop down list for “Microsoft Office Document Imaging” and select “Run all from My Computer”.
  7. Click “Continue”.
  8. Click “Close” when installation done.

A new virtual printer “Microsoft Office Document Imaging Writer” is created and allows you to print to MDI format (a TIFF variant). And from now onwards you should be able to open any MDI files by simply double click on them. If you still can’t, try to restart your computer.


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224 Responses to “How to Open MDI (Microsoft Document Imaging) Format with Office 2007”

  1. Jams
    November 7th, 2009 05:14
    224

    OMG! THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH! I have been going crazy trying to down load all sorts of Supposed “dixes” that end up being sneaky ploys to try and get me to buy someone’s software! Thank you! I am now going to upgrade all my office’s computers with this! You have just saved me 6 hours of work time! :)

  2. h
    November 4th, 2009 16:06
    223

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  3. JJ
    November 2nd, 2009 13:58
    222

    TACK!

  4. malyn
    October 31st, 2009 21:15
    221

    wow, thanks so much! very helpfuL!!!

  5. Ramy
    October 31st, 2009 03:35
    220

    Many thanks, that was was useful

    Regards,
    Ramy

  6. Nandita
    October 28th, 2009 22:55
    219

    Thank You so much.
    I needed the information, n I got from this site.
    Microsoft was unable to help me!

    Thanks once again, for the step by step procedure.

  7. Karen
    October 27th, 2009 00:28
    218

    Thank you for the step by step instructions…it now works. I was wondering why my MDI files would not open on my Vista laptop. I have no idea why MS likes to make things so difficult. I wonder if I will run into the same problems when I eventually upgrade my XP to Windows 7.

  8. abdull
    October 22nd, 2009 23:03
    217

    thanks guys, it worked

  9. Jude
    October 22nd, 2009 10:56
    216

    Thank you! It worked!

  10. Anis Lughmani
    October 21st, 2009 18:45
    215

    thank you very much for the support. It came in handy
    Anis

  11. Dr. M. K. Hassan
    October 14th, 2009 15:29
    214

    Thanks a lot this saved me a lot of trouble trying to downgrad from Office 2007 to Office 2003. Best regards

  12. Lynne Waggoner
    October 12th, 2009 21:09
    213

    Thank you so much!

  13. perry
    October 12th, 2009 02:25
    212

    Thanks for the solution that microsoft couldnt give me

  14. Mert
    October 10th, 2009 02:24
    211

    Excellent! Thanks a lot!

  15. Ankit G.
    October 5th, 2009 03:21
    210

    that was very handy!! thanks dude!

  16. Sandra
    October 5th, 2009 01:35
    209

    Thanks so much!!!I thought I would never have MDI again when I purchased microsoft office 2007. I’m glad I searched online and found this site!!! This is so helpful!!!Thank you!!

  17. Ramon
    October 1st, 2009 03:39
    208

    Thanks! This was _exactly_ what I needed!

  18. rick
    September 26th, 2009 03:01
    207

    another option is to click the “open file with” button when the error pops up… choose windows picture and fax viewer and now you can look at these files

  19. Susan
    September 12th, 2009 23:14
    206

    great instructions! clear, concise and correct! thanks!

  20. Bob
    September 12th, 2009 07:48
    205

    AbFab – clear instructions, and instructions that work. In My Favourites.
    Many Thanks

  21. Mike
    September 10th, 2009 04:35
    204

    Hiii, thanks buddy..it was really helpful tip, i was trying this for many days. Thanks again

  22. ACR
    September 5th, 2009 23:20
    203

    Thx just what I needed and easy to follow. Microsoft shud be embarassed by poor svc to their sw.

  23. Alexander
    September 3rd, 2009 09:32
    202

    Tks!

    Again proving what a BAD sw company microsoft is when it comes to actually helping customers.

    Thanks again,

    AD

  24. Aaron
    August 20th, 2009 10:21
    201

    Champions!

    Concise instructions that solved the problem. Mircosoft site was useless in helping.

    Cheers!

  25. vampiroos
    August 18th, 2009 19:14
    200

    thank you a lot
    you saved my life!

  26. Rasheed
    August 16th, 2009 17:47
    199

    Thank you! simple and direct

  27. Raj
    August 16th, 2009 13:24
    198

    Thanks soo much. This cuts down my time by 3 folds.

  28. Shenell
    August 14th, 2009 04:53
    197

    Thanks a million!! I have tried for days to figure out why I couldn’t open my old files. I should have googled this to start with.

  29. sanath
    August 11th, 2009 11:52
    196

    Really helpful

    Thanks a lot

  30. shock
    July 31st, 2009 18:15
    195

    Thanks a lot, now it is working fine.

  31. Edith
    July 29th, 2009 20:57
    194

    sorry,the whole process well followed but it can’t work.Thanks for other help.

  32. Robinson
    July 27th, 2009 22:25
    193

    Muchas gracias, me ayudo a resolver el problema de imprimir los mdi de office 2003 en office 2007.

    Gracias por sus buenos consejos, sus publicaciones son mejores que las que da el propio fabricante, es decir microsoft.

  33. Ali Assadi
    July 26th, 2009 15:40
    192

    Thanks a lot! .It works!

  34. Alexander
    July 23rd, 2009 17:38
    191

    Thanks so much. This really worked.

  35. Amy
    July 8th, 2009 00:35
    190

    Great advice, thank you.

  36. AWK
    July 6th, 2009 12:20
    189

    FANTASTIC!!! Your advice on how to configure Win for .MDI files was perfect and very well timed for us – thanks a million. The windows website was pretty much worthless on this issue. Take care.

  37. Praveen
    July 3rd, 2009 01:55
    188

    Gr8..thanks for the help

  38. Pratik Bankda
    July 2nd, 2009 15:26
    187

    Thanks for the help,

    Now I can open MDI files easily and convert them into TIFF format.

    Regards,
    Pratik

  39. siraj
    June 28th, 2009 12:31
    186

    Thanks for your help
    siraj

  40. Z Highsmith
    June 26th, 2009 23:51
    185

    Wow! You are Really Good!!!
    Thanks A MILL…
    = )

  41. Lisa
    June 16th, 2009 18:47
    184

    A great help :)

  42. rachel
    June 2nd, 2009 16:45
    183

    Thanks the onenote method is an absolute no hassle winner.

  43. ramtin
    May 30th, 2009 21:21
    182

    tanx man.
    it was useful.

  44. Saif Samir
    May 28th, 2009 20:08
    181

    Good info for novice user.
    Keep informed others.

    Thanks.

  45. Beau Chevassus
    May 28th, 2009 01:39
    180

    You.

    Rock.

    Thank you so much!

  46. Jesus Alvarado
    May 27th, 2009 19:27
    179

    Thanks so much, very helpful and concise!!!

  47. Modi Sanjay
    May 27th, 2009 12:41
    178

    Very Nice. Now i am able of open & take printout of .MDI (extension) file.

    Once again thanks a lot

  48. Dr.sriram
    May 27th, 2009 01:28
    177

    thanks a lot! it was very helpful. :-)

  49. Vijay
    May 19th, 2009 13:13
    176

    Thanks.It works !

  50. Joe
    May 16th, 2009 04:08
    175

    Thanks for your step by step guide. EFF YOU MICROSOFT!!!

  51. Sadaf
    May 15th, 2009 13:28
    174

    great!

  52. Panda
    May 6th, 2009 13:25
    173

    Thanks for all the help dude. The step by step procedure explained makes it very simple.

  53. Damien
    May 4th, 2009 19:40
    172

    Thx man! It helps me! Fast and efficient! That was great! U rocks!

  54. Pat
    May 3rd, 2009 13:14
    171

    Oh thanks!

    The installation didn’t work on my Vista64 machine but the OneNote idea worked great. I needed those receipts!

  55. veneith
    April 29th, 2009 19:31
    170

    thank you so much. that was a spot on solution!

  56. nikelos
    April 26th, 2009 22:33
    169

    Thank you very much! You solved my problem :)

  57. sunil
    April 25th, 2009 22:05
    168

    thanks dude for that info.

  58. Fadel
    April 25th, 2009 03:56
    167

    You did it and solve the problem for me.
    10 of 10

  59. Pawan Nagla
    April 25th, 2009 03:48
    166

    Thanks a lot. Vey useful information, for me.

  60. RH
    April 17th, 2009 13:08
    165

    Thank you ever so much, you just stopped me from throwing my laptop off the balcony

  61. Jtech
    April 16th, 2009 06:04
    164

    Excellent post. Thank you.

  62. devesh
    April 14th, 2009 17:28
    163

    Thanks for the help man…:-)

  63. Vytheeshwaran
    April 11th, 2009 07:33
    162

    Thanks a lot for that info!!
    Was very useful!!!

  64. Ujjwala
    April 9th, 2009 09:40
    161

    Cool stuff !!! For d first time i installed some application without any help !!! WOW jus luved it after successful installation n it was made so easy by u !!! Awesum

  65. Santiago
    April 8th, 2009 04:45
    160

    Muy buena recomendación, te felicito

  66. Simon
    April 7th, 2009 19:42
    159

    i got nothing to say, your tips help!

  67. JENISH
    March 25th, 2009 21:10
    158

    THANKS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
    YOUR TIP IS VERY HELPFUL TO ME TO OPEN THAT “MDI” FILE.
    THANKS ONES AGAIN.
    GREAT JOB YOU HAVE DONE.

  68. alfrosch
    March 25th, 2009 20:38
    157

    thanks so much
    I never knew that!

  69. martek
    March 22nd, 2009 19:07
    156

    UR THE man!!!

  70. Manish Mahajan
    March 20th, 2009 19:14
    155

    thanks a lot man

  71. Kushtrim
    March 20th, 2009 02:29
    154

    youuuuuuuuu are teh best

  72. Pragy
    March 18th, 2009 11:53
    153

    oh..! thnx man…. ws very much needed….

  73. Vijay Machine Tools
    March 14th, 2009 18:29
    152

    thank you

  74. osmosismx
    March 12th, 2009 04:12
    151

    Brinca ese paso, solo busca herramientas de office y ahí encontraras lo q se indica :)

  75. Justin
    March 10th, 2009 01:04
    150

    Thank You for taking the time to write this up. It’s always appreciated when finding the answer doesn’t take hours of digging in a Corporation’s website.

    Thanks

    JV

  76. senel101
    March 4th, 2009 03:53
    149

    few moment of my time. THANK YOU…

    I DIDNT HAVE TO EMBARASS MYSELF TO ASK MY OWN SON.

  77. hector
    March 1st, 2009 21:44
    148

    no consigo la barra de herramientas de offce para poder descargas la funcion si pueden ayudarme

  78. Tony
    March 1st, 2009 11:48
    147

    I tried the above with Office Home and Student 2007. Does not detect changeable settings or programs. Sends me back to the unistall window. No solution. Imaging reader still not installed. sigh. Still wasting time searching.

  79. Reetesh
    February 25th, 2009 23:03
    146

    Thanks a lot for this info!!!!

  80. David
    February 23rd, 2009 22:55
    145

    I spent half the day looking for a blasted mdi format converter.
    Even MS didn’t list anything thst I could find.
    Without your help I’d still be looking.
    Easy when you know how.

    Thank you so very much

    David

  81. ali
    February 21st, 2009 07:47
    144

    Thank you very much

  82. Zee
    February 20th, 2009 20:48
    143

    Thank you! U saved me!

  83. Bdubs
    February 18th, 2009 07:45
    142

    Thank you very much…. WHY MICROSOFT couldn’t have just explained that on the 10 pages I found related to that file format…oh wait we keep buying ther monopolistic mistakes thus rewarding there incompetance.

    SUPPORT PIRATING MICROSOFT SOFTWARE… or better yet donate to User based groups who design intelligent software that works.

    Add this 35 minutes of wasted time searching & fixing to the weeks & months of lost productivitiy I’ve experienced thanx to M$.

    I see a Microsoft Name Tag & i start punching!

  84. Tom
    February 16th, 2009 23:37
    141

    I applied “fix” as described and partially sloved my problem thank you. I can now open .mdi files but the wrong program is associated with .mdi files which prevent a double click opening of said files. How do I delete the “chossen programs to open” this type of file. MSVIEW is not one of my choices when I right click, but several others are and have been chosen in the past an ” tries and says con not open this file. Thanksmedia center”

  85. Tendekai Francis
    February 16th, 2009 20:16
    140

    You are a great wizard! Thank you!!!!

  86. Bangaru Surya
    February 15th, 2009 00:55
    139

    Saritha, thanks

    It works

    surya

  87. Rayya
    February 15th, 2009 00:22
    138

    Yet another thank you – why on earth can’t MS have this on their website???

  88. Kimberli
    February 14th, 2009 08:33
    137

    Thank you! Your workaround was a perfect solution and a real lifesaver!

    (windows vista, office 2007 home edition)

  89. Tory
    February 13th, 2009 11:10
    136

    Nice!!! Thank you SO much!

  90. Michael
    February 12th, 2009 12:23
    135

    Thank You SAVED MY LIFE TODAY FOR MY LAB REPORT

  91. Elizar
    February 10th, 2009 18:25
    134

    thanks for this help..i was so mad to our Catering Dept. for sending me this kind of file, i can’t open it with any programs suggested by the microsoft office..a BIG THANKS REALLY

  92. Michael
    February 10th, 2009 02:54
    133

    Outstanding. You ROCK.

  93. Shilpa
    February 6th, 2009 15:38
    132

    This was a great help……
    I really appreciate.

    Shilpa

  94. GONS
    February 4th, 2009 14:51
    131

    You saved my life. Thanx so much.

  95. Saritha
    January 23rd, 2009 15:18
    130

    To resolve this issue, install the Microsoft Office Document Imaging program. To do this, follow these steps:
    1. Click Start, click Run, type appwiz.cpl, and then click OK.
    2. In the Currently installed programs list, click the 2007 Office version that you have installed.
    3. Click Change.
    4. Click Add or Remove features, and then click Continue.
    5. Expand Office Tools.
    6. Click Microsoft Office Document Imaging, and then click Run all from My Computer.
    7. Click Continue.

  96. sam
    January 22nd, 2009 04:36
    129

    You are a life saver

  97. Esen
    January 21st, 2009 19:47
    128

    That helped, thank you

  98. Ralph Mouse
    January 17th, 2009 10:41
    127

    Whew! Saved a boy’s homework!

  99. Kevin
    January 8th, 2009 11:06
    126

    Thank you!!!

    Great help and real easy to do.

    Kevin

  100. CMD
    January 8th, 2009 01:27
    125

    Can’t say thank you enough! I’ve spent four days trying to open a file – - with two IT people unsure of how to fix this. Your simple, easy to understand instructions were most excellent. Please know your time and energy in typing this out is appreciated by all of us. Have a wonderful 2009!

  101. Sunil
    January 6th, 2009 16:23
    124

    Wow – this worked like a charm!! Kudos!

  102. panglimacyber
    January 6th, 2009 10:43
    123

    GREAT JOB MY FREN!!U GIVE ME A SUPERB SOLUTION… BETTER THAN MICROSOFT ITSELF!!THANX!

  103. Andrew Krainin
    January 5th, 2009 02:39
    122

    Worked perfectly (and I have Office 2003)! When will Microsoft make it’s online help as easy to use as your website?

  104. Arif
    December 21st, 2008 15:25
    121

    Heeeeehoooooooo…. Kudoooos……… Wish you all the best people.

  105. Rick Shultz
    December 19th, 2008 23:54
    120

    Worked like a charm. Great to find answers readily available!

  106. Akshay
    December 19th, 2008 15:49
    119

    Thank you very much!!

  107. Munish
    December 18th, 2008 00:01
    118

    Thank you for putting out the solution to open the file in office 2003.

  108. John
    December 12th, 2008 03:30
    117

    Thank you very much!! very helpful

  109. juank
    December 10th, 2008 11:52
    116

    Awesome help guys!! Saved me from a dreaded chargeback!!!

  110. Roni
    December 7th, 2008 08:35
    115

    Thank you so, so much it worked perfectly when I tried the onenote remedy, I just had to figure out which bullet to choose……choose the one that says insert to print

  111. st
    December 3rd, 2008 04:07
    114

    thank you very much..rep :p
    it is very useful knowledge

  112. Marty
    November 29th, 2008 05:00
    113

    This worked! Thanks so much LebanonOz!
    For Debbie and others who have Office 2003 but the .mdi files do not open automatically…

    Double-click the .mdi file
    At the “Windows can not open this file” prompt
    Click “Select the program from a list”
    Click OK
    In the “Open With” window
    Click the Browse button

    It will default to the “drive_letter”:\Program Files folder
    Double-Click Common Files
    Double-Click Microsoft Shared
    Double-Click MODI
    Double-Click 11.0
    Double-Click MSPVIEW.EXE

    You will be back in the “Open With” window
    Make sure the “Always use the selected program…” box is checked

    Click OK

    .MDI files will now open with MS Office Document Imaging anytime you double-click one.

  113. Bobby
    November 28th, 2008 01:07
    112

    Thank’s it’s really help

  114. LebanonOz
    November 27th, 2008 19:14
    111

    For Debbie and others who have Office 2003 but the .mdi files do not open automatically…

    Double-click the .mdi file
    At the “Windows can not open this file” prompt
    Click “Select the program from a list”
    Click OK
    In the “Open With” window
    Click the Browse button

    It will default to the “drive_letter”:\Program Files folder
    Double-Click Common Files
    Double-Click Microsoft Shared
    Double-Click MODI
    Double-Click 11.0
    Double-Click MSPVIEW.EXE

    You will be back in the “Open With” window
    Make sure the “Always use the selected program…” box is checked

    Click OK

    .MDI files will now open with MS Office Document Imaging anytime you double-click one.

  115. Debbie
    November 26th, 2008 07:48
    110

    we have just received an email with a mdi file but we have office 2003 but wont let me open an mdi file can some one come up with an idea.

  116. felique
    November 25th, 2008 22:56
    109

    excelente comentario me saco de una…
    yo buscanndo el visor jaja lo logre hacer con onenote

  117. jhon
    November 25th, 2008 11:32
    108

    Thanks! It works great! When I upgraded to office 2007 I could not see this file until I reach this site!

  118. Lib
    November 19th, 2008 18:47
    107

    Thanks this was amazing help, at least I dont have to phone clients and ask them to send stuff in different formats!

  119. agnes
    November 18th, 2008 16:12
    106

    it helped! thanks a lot!!!

  120. Shreekant
    November 12th, 2008 11:13
    105

    Hey thanks for that useful tip :) Keep up the good work to make the Internet a better place !

  121. Amit
    November 11th, 2008 15:44
    104

    Thanks for sharing…
    Really useful

  122. Elyse
    November 10th, 2008 01:19
    103

    THANKS!!! I finally found this website and your advice perfectly fixed my problem!

  123. arul
    November 7th, 2008 20:27
    102

    it was very useful. thanks !

  124. SJ
    October 26th, 2008 14:36
    101

    Thanks a Lot! Not only did it help… it has provided with a explorative option with the all new MS Office 2007.

    Keep on the good work!

  125. Magnus Wilson
    October 23rd, 2008 23:24
    100

    Thank you very much! it most certainly worked! im not a newbie when it comes to computers, but little things like this that seem complicated, yet are so easy to fix make me feel illiterate.

  126. EduM
    October 22nd, 2008 01:23
    99

    Wrong language! hehe
    Anyway, thanks for the tutorial!
    I had updated my Offic to 2007 and since then I wasn’t able to open my MDI files!

    nice work!

  127. EduM
    October 22nd, 2008 01:21
    98

    Muito obrigado!!!
    Havia instalado o Office 2007 e nao conseguia abrir os .MDI

  128. Juzer Mohammedhusain
    October 19th, 2008 21:57
    97

    Thanks for this very simple and accurate explanation. It helped me with regard to my zakaat and khumus payments that i had paid earlier, but whose figures were missing. Thanks again

  129. Jim
    October 17th, 2008 05:36
    96

    This is absolutely fantastic!

    I ran into a problem initially, so here’s my story: You must choose “Run all from my computer.” I chose “Run from my computer” first time, and it didn’t work.

  130. Shawn
    October 15th, 2008 07:10
    95

    Wow! That actually worked! Thanks!

  131. edm
    October 12th, 2008 08:54
    94

    Thank you so much! And it does let me print to MODI!

  132. Fonzarello
    October 11th, 2008 04:36
    93

    This only installs the viewer, you still cannot print to TIF with MODI.

  133. Jessica
    October 9th, 2008 22:59
    92

    you are my saving grace!!! I have been writing a course project for school and like an above comment months of frustration settled in less than 2 minutes thank you so much!!

  134. Rajiv
    October 9th, 2008 00:38
    91

    Thanks a lot. This was of great help

  135. pandora
    October 7th, 2008 17:56
    90

    thank u so much for the article. its very helpful.

  136. Azam
    September 29th, 2008 11:04
    89

    Thanks a bunch. Now I know what the Microsoft Office Document Image Writer function is.

  137. PNG
    September 16th, 2008 21:57
    88

    Thank u

  138. yoyoyo
    September 16th, 2008 03:43
    87

    This really saved me…. thanks!

  139. Timz
    September 15th, 2008 17:58
    86

    Thanks. This has helped me a whole lot.

  140. Ilya
    September 13th, 2008 22:01
    85

    Thanks, Saved Me

  141. Alex
    September 9th, 2008 21:28
    84

    Thank you for this page. It helped a lot.

  142. stanly
    September 5th, 2008 14:44
    83

    WTF

  143. Maria N.
    September 5th, 2008 02:28
    82

    Thanks for your help. I transfered all my mdi files from my old computer running with windows xp and office 2003 to a new computer with windows vista and office 2007, and i could not open any mdi files. I followed your detailed steps in the permanent solution section, and the problem has been fixed. Thank you very much.

  144. Esta
    August 31st, 2008 13:37
    81

    Hey Thanks!!!
    2 months of frustration solved inside 2 minutes. I wish Microsoft would add your second alternative to their knowledge base. You’re a lifesaver.

    Esta

  145. SAIKAT
    August 28th, 2008 22:18
    80

    THNX A LOT BUDDY…IT WORKD RIGHTAWAY

  146. Robert Loof
    August 27th, 2008 19:13
    79

    Thanks a lot for the tip. Quick and easy.
    Robert L

  147. Samarth
    August 19th, 2008 18:19
    78

    Thanks for this. Accurate and simple.
    Samarth

  148. Matt
    August 6th, 2008 21:12
    77

    Hey thanks for this little tutorial! It relieved quite a bit of frustration this morning.

  149. Robert
    July 26th, 2008 10:46
    76

    I could not get this to work. When I clicked on “Change,” no option for “Add or Remove Features” came up. What am I doing wrong?

    Robert

  150. Diwakar
    July 16th, 2008 01:51
    75

    Awesome Info, thanks a lot. I some times think, Simple solution but yet tough to understand and find.

    Thanks for the Info,

  151. Paula
    July 7th, 2008 11:34
    74

    Sweet! Exactly the help I was looking for.

  152. Jeff
    June 26th, 2008 04:28
    73

    Thank you so much! This is greatly appreciated.

  153. RUFUS
    June 21st, 2008 02:03
    72

    HELLO WALL! Would one of you more IT oriented folks send this to the person in charge of the Office website.

    They need to see what REAL, simple, to the point, works exactly the way it says, help should look like! THANK YOU!!!

  154. Leroy
    June 21st, 2008 00:43
    71

    It worked!

  155. Huss
    June 19th, 2008 20:53
    70

    thanks for the help! nice tip!!!

  156. Marcelo
    June 18th, 2008 02:32
    69

    Ho guy, Solution for my problem. Very cool tip!!!

  157. Lilly Griggs
    June 11th, 2008 15:02
    68

    Thanks so much for this helpful information!

  158. Sridhar
    June 9th, 2008 19:18
    67

    opening mdi file in onenote was very useful thank you so much :)

  159. Bala
    June 4th, 2008 14:03
    66

    Thank you very much.

    It was really very helpful & informative

    May your assistance help us in future.

  160. Jica
    May 20th, 2008 21:10
    65

    Worked great! Thanks for the tip

  161. Peter
    May 19th, 2008 16:40
    64

    Exactly wanted I wanted to know – and it worked! Thanks

  162. P S K
    May 18th, 2008 19:19
    63

    Great info, thanks a lot!!
    – the official Office website was useless

  163. Suresh
    May 17th, 2008 14:48
    62

    Thanks a lot! saved so much of efforts and tension.

  164. Dustin Sherrill
    May 12th, 2008 23:19
    61

    Thanks for the article. I also found out today that I could open MDI files with ‘Windows Picture and Fax Viewer’. So all I had to do was right-click select ‘open with’ then choose ‘Windows Picture and Fax Viewer’.

  165. Gary Tompkins
    May 8th, 2008 10:57
    60

    I tried your tip .In tools it said (with a red x over it,) not avaiable. I have MS office 2007 enterprise edition. Are there any downloads available?
    Thanks,
    Gary

  166. Andy E
    April 29th, 2008 19:08
    59

    Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  167. muddassir
    April 25th, 2008 04:04
    58

    Thanks for the 2nd steps mentioned. I was trying hard to open a .MDI file and the method u mentioned by again installing it from office worked for me

  168. DiM
    April 9th, 2008 21:57
    57

    Thank you so much for this!!! I try to find it 2 day, and finally found. Now all work perfectly.

    Thanks again.

  169. Otonye Braide
    April 7th, 2008 23:00
    56

    Thank you so much!!! It worked like a charm.

  170. Anupam
    April 6th, 2008 09:47
    55

    Excellent!!!

    Thanks for the article which has helped me to open the MDI files again, after installing Office 2007.

  171. cazz
    March 27th, 2008 06:29
    54

    Thanks, article was very informational and steps were straight forward to follow!

  172. Cis
    March 23rd, 2008 04:39
    53

    It may occur that your tiff files are not opened, sinc the upgrade to office 2007. In that case, check http://www.itexperience.net/2008/03/21/restore-tiff-filetype-association-after-migration-to-office-2007/ for the solution for this problem

  173. FieNd
    March 19th, 2008 23:14
    52

    Thanks!!!

  174. Seabra
    March 2nd, 2008 01:50
    51

    Thank you so much for this. Worked perfectly both in my computer with XP and Office 2007 Enterprise and my girlfriend’s Vista with the same office.

    Thank you!

  175. Palmetto
    February 28th, 2008 04:47
    50

    Anybody know why MODI crashes whenever I click any selection on the Menu bar? I don’t have any problem opening .TIF files, but whatever I click I get “Microsoft Document Imaging has encountered a problem…” Sending the error report doesn’t get any results.

    Thanks.

  176. dayloft
    February 28th, 2008 01:35
    49

    Thank you,thank you,thank you!!!!!!!!!Great tips!It works!!

  177. KJ
    February 24th, 2008 08:12
    48

    Thanks a lot for posting this, it was really helpful!

  178. Pkzip
    February 22nd, 2008 13:57
    47

    Not available in Office XP, contrary to Microsoft`s claims. Any download location would be appreciated.

  179. Carlo
    February 15th, 2008 00:16
    46

    Dude, you are a genius! Thank you so much!

  180. aouani
    February 14th, 2008 02:09
    45

    thanks you are really you best

  181. Rikaz
    February 9th, 2008 13:13
    44

    Thanks you so much for your step by step explanation,I had this problem for last two months and now I have been able to overcome it with your guidance.Thanks again.

    Rikaz from Srilanka.

  182. john
    February 5th, 2008 04:29
    43

    Well that worked like a charm. I’m running XP Pro with Office 2007. Why Microsoft cannot be as forthcoming with an easy answer I’ll never know.

    Thanks.

  183. mike
    February 3rd, 2008 08:04
    42

    im on vista and office 2007 and that didn’t work. any ideas why? i restarted..still no luck.

  184. Patrick Murphy
    January 24th, 2008 03:05
    41

    If worse comes to worse, remember you can always pine the info from opening a MDI file in notepad and cutting and pasting the info in a readable format.

  185. Ed Hunter
    January 23rd, 2008 00:50
    40

    Thanks x1000! Good thing your page showed up at the top of my google search. This fixed my issue where my TIFs were being opened with image viewer when I need them opened with MS Document Imaging.

  186. Jim
    January 20th, 2008 05:11
    39

    After I installed the Microsoft Document Image Writer, I still couldn’t open my .MDI files. I finally figured out that I had to right click on the file, select “open with”, and then browse to find the application (because it didn’t show up in the programs list). In Windows XP and using Office 2003, the progam file is located in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MODI\11.0\. I found that location by opening the program from the Start, All Programs, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Tools menu, and then right clicking on the Microsoft Document Imaging program.

  187. Dee
    January 14th, 2008 22:45
    38

    Thank you so much! I upgraded to MS Office 2007 between semesters only to find I was unable to grade the multi page tif’s in ‘07! What a lifesaver you have been!

    An onloine instructor

  188. Ryan
    January 9th, 2008 01:53
    37

    Thank you so much, I’m glad someone is smarter than the microsoft programers!

  189. JS
    January 6th, 2008 14:23
    36

    Why can’t MS do the little things right? Why could they not think that we’d want to keep our old files? Half the time I get an MS “upgrade” I feel like I’m going backwards.

    Thank you for filling in the gaps.

  190. Thinus
    January 4th, 2008 21:47
    35

    Thank you for posting this. This is a much better explanation as what MS gave.

  191. Hassan
    December 31st, 2007 20:59
    34

    Many many thanks it solv my problem. I jast opened one note that was it :) thanks one more time

  192. Vernon
    December 18th, 2007 10:01
    33

    This information was perfect. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

    I hope to be able to publish such useful information in the future as well.

    Thanks,
    Vernon
    http://www.ourloudfamily.com

  193. AP
    December 17th, 2007 23:18
    32

    Wow.. that was great. I wish Microsoft’s website had such clear instructions. Excellent work!

  194. Vishnu Babu
    December 12th, 2007 18:28
    31

    Thanks, Info was really helpful.

  195. Pho
    December 12th, 2007 05:15
    30

    Great, Was wondering why i couldnt find that after i U/G to 2007

    Thanks for the tips ^.~

  196. edward
    December 8th, 2007 11:31
    29

    Thank You!

    It helps to solve a confusing problem. Cool!

  197. t.lazo
    December 6th, 2007 06:02
    28

    thank you for putting this up. it has helped alot.

  198. J-Rock
    November 22nd, 2007 02:19
    27

    This info was great! You guys were a real help and I very much appreciate your work.

  199. Dizzii
    November 6th, 2007 09:17
    26

    Thank you so very much for your help. The information was exactly what i needed. I wish i had found this page ages ago.

    THanks again

  200. Ananth
    November 5th, 2007 11:55
    25

    Thanks a lot dude. very helpful.

  201. Eric Campos
    November 1st, 2007 17:36
    24

    Helpful, thanks for the advice friend!

  202. jb
    October 31st, 2007 05:58
    23

    This is the first place that said to select “Run all from my computer”. That was the first time I was able to get MODI to actually show up as an option for opening TIFs

  203. abid
    October 30th, 2007 17:20
    22

    how can we edit the document.
    i need to edit a MDI file.

  204. Vickie
    October 29th, 2007 10:39
    21

    Thank you so much! Very helpful!

  205. Ram
    October 16th, 2007 04:10
    20

    Most useful information, Thanks.

  206. Sam
    October 15th, 2007 03:58
    19

    Thank You Thank You Thank You… Thank You!

  207. JT
    October 9th, 2007 03:49
    18

    Thanks for the tip about OneNote – I’m glad someone RTFM ;-) – nice !

  208. Gautam
    September 29th, 2007 02:12
    17

    Thanks very usefull. Funny that Office 07 does not install this feature by default.

  209. admin
    September 14th, 2007 00:30
    16

    Ensure that you select everything under the “Microsoft Office Document Imaging”.

  210. Eduardo
    September 13th, 2007 23:03
    15

    Muchas Gracias.

  211. Manuel
    September 13th, 2007 02:18
    14

    I did the steps, and it loaded the image writer as a printer, but I still can’t open the file. I have rebooted my computer, still not luck,

  212. Mark
    September 8th, 2007 05:29
    13

    Very helpful. Thank you.

  213. Brinley
    September 3rd, 2007 20:19
    12

    Thanks for great tip. Its easy when you know how. Cheers

  214. Vivi
    August 26th, 2007 07:15
    11

    What a life saver! I’ve been trying to figure this out since I bought my new computer in March. It worked immediately–didn’t even have to restart. THANK YOU.

  215. Ashwin
    August 14th, 2007 23:57
    10

    Thank you very much.
    This is an excellent information.
    I was able to open .tiff files immediately.
    Thanks a lot again.

  216. Kim
    August 1st, 2007 00:45
    9

    Thanks a bunch I was able to open the file immediately . Very helpful and uaeful.

  217. Ken
    July 28th, 2007 13:53
    8

    Thank loads… I can’t believe even Microsoft’s web page that describes the mdi format doesn’t include these simple instructions… Hello…

  218. Chiranjivee DEVKOTA
    July 21st, 2007 22:28
    7

    Its great. I was able to open the MDI files immediately.

    Thanks a lot.

  219. TJN
    July 15th, 2007 06:45
    6

    Free mdi viewer with office 2000
    http://www.hot.ee/mdiviewer

  220. Joann Nieman
    July 11th, 2007 05:39
    5

    Can you publish directions for Windows XP and Office 2007? I lost the mdi capability with Office 2007 but am still running XP. Thanks for this post. At least I know I’m not crazy.

  221. Dan
    June 24th, 2007 02:31
    4

    Excellent! Thanks for solving this pesky problem.

  222. Steve
    June 22nd, 2007 18:41
    3

    Brilliant, not a clue why it’s not in the default config but I’m glad someone knows how to get it back!

  223. Sri
    June 8th, 2007 04:37
    2

    You are a life saver dude

  224. Mike
    June 4th, 2007 06:39
    1

    Most useful info. Many thanks!

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