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.
- Go to Control Panel, select “Uninstall a program” link under Programs section.”
- High Microsoft Office 2007 (it may show Ultimate, Enterprise, Professional, Small Business, Home and Student, etc).
- Click on “Change” located on the navigation link near the top of the window.
- Select “Add or Remove Features”, then click “Continue”.
- Expand “Office Tools” section.
- Click on the drop down list for “Microsoft Office Document Imaging” and select “Run all from My Computer”.
- Click “Continue”.
- 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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November 2nd, 2009 13:58
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October 31st, 2009 21:15
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October 31st, 2009 03:35
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Ramy
October 28th, 2009 22:55
Thank You so much.
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Microsoft was unable to help me!
Thanks once again, for the step by step procedure.
October 27th, 2009 00:28
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.
October 22nd, 2009 23:03
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October 22nd, 2009 10:56
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October 14th, 2009 15:29
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October 12th, 2009 21:09
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October 12th, 2009 02:25
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October 10th, 2009 02:24
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October 5th, 2009 03:21
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October 5th, 2009 01:35
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!!
October 1st, 2009 03:39
Thanks! This was _exactly_ what I needed!
September 26th, 2009 03:01
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
September 12th, 2009 23:14
great instructions! clear, concise and correct! thanks!
September 12th, 2009 07:48
AbFab – clear instructions, and instructions that work. In My Favourites.
Many Thanks
September 10th, 2009 04:35
Hiii, thanks buddy..it was really helpful tip, i was trying this for many days. Thanks again
September 5th, 2009 23:20
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September 3rd, 2009 09:32
Tks!
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Thanks again,
AD
August 20th, 2009 10:21
Champions!
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Cheers!
August 18th, 2009 19:14
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August 16th, 2009 17:47
Thank you! simple and direct
August 16th, 2009 13:24
Thanks soo much. This cuts down my time by 3 folds.
August 14th, 2009 04:53
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.
August 11th, 2009 11:52
Really helpful
Thanks a lot
July 31st, 2009 18:15
Thanks a lot, now it is working fine.
July 29th, 2009 20:57
sorry,the whole process well followed but it can’t work.Thanks for other help.
July 27th, 2009 22:25
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.
July 26th, 2009 15:40
Thanks a lot! .It works!
July 23rd, 2009 17:38
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July 8th, 2009 00:35
Great advice, thank you.
July 6th, 2009 12:20
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.
July 3rd, 2009 01:55
Gr8..thanks for the help
July 2nd, 2009 15:26
Thanks for the help,
Now I can open MDI files easily and convert them into TIFF format.
Regards,
Pratik
June 28th, 2009 12:31
Thanks for your help
siraj
June 26th, 2009 23:51
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June 16th, 2009 18:47
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June 2nd, 2009 16:45
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May 30th, 2009 21:21
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May 28th, 2009 20:08
Good info for novice user.
Keep informed others.
Thanks.
May 28th, 2009 01:39
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May 27th, 2009 19:27
Thanks so much, very helpful and concise!!!
May 27th, 2009 12:41
Very Nice. Now i am able of open & take printout of .MDI (extension) file.
Once again thanks a lot
May 27th, 2009 01:28
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May 19th, 2009 13:13
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May 16th, 2009 04:08
Thanks for your step by step guide. EFF YOU MICROSOFT!!!
May 15th, 2009 13:28
great!
May 6th, 2009 13:25
Thanks for all the help dude. The step by step procedure explained makes it very simple.
May 4th, 2009 19:40
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May 3rd, 2009 13:14
Oh thanks!
The installation didn’t work on my Vista64 machine but the OneNote idea worked great. I needed those receipts!
April 29th, 2009 19:31
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April 26th, 2009 22:33
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April 25th, 2009 22:05
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April 25th, 2009 03:56
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April 25th, 2009 03:48
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April 17th, 2009 13:08
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April 16th, 2009 06:04
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April 14th, 2009 17:28
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April 11th, 2009 07:33
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March 25th, 2009 21:10
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March 25th, 2009 20:38
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March 22nd, 2009 19:07
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March 14th, 2009 18:29
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March 12th, 2009 04:12
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March 10th, 2009 01:04
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
March 4th, 2009 03:53
few moment of my time. THANK YOU…
I DIDNT HAVE TO EMBARASS MYSELF TO ASK MY OWN SON.
March 1st, 2009 21:44
no consigo la barra de herramientas de offce para poder descargas la funcion si pueden ayudarme
March 1st, 2009 11:48
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.
February 25th, 2009 23:03
Thanks a lot for this info!!!!
February 23rd, 2009 22:55
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
February 21st, 2009 07:47
Thank you very much
February 20th, 2009 20:48
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February 18th, 2009 07:45
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!
February 16th, 2009 23:37
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”
February 16th, 2009 20:16
You are a great wizard! Thank you!!!!
February 15th, 2009 00:55
Saritha, thanks
It works
surya
February 15th, 2009 00:22
Yet another thank you – why on earth can’t MS have this on their website???
February 14th, 2009 08:33
Thank you! Your workaround was a perfect solution and a real lifesaver!
(windows vista, office 2007 home edition)
February 13th, 2009 11:10
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February 12th, 2009 12:23
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February 10th, 2009 18:25
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
February 10th, 2009 02:54
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February 6th, 2009 15:38
This was a great help……
I really appreciate.
Shilpa
February 4th, 2009 14:51
You saved my life. Thanx so much.
January 23rd, 2009 15:18
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.
January 22nd, 2009 04:36
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January 21st, 2009 19:47
That helped, thank you
January 17th, 2009 10:41
Whew! Saved a boy’s homework!
January 8th, 2009 11:06
Thank you!!!
Great help and real easy to do.
Kevin
January 8th, 2009 01:27
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!
January 6th, 2009 16:23
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January 6th, 2009 10:43
GREAT JOB MY FREN!!U GIVE ME A SUPERB SOLUTION… BETTER THAN MICROSOFT ITSELF!!THANX!
January 5th, 2009 02:39
Worked perfectly (and I have Office 2003)! When will Microsoft make it’s online help as easy to use as your website?
December 21st, 2008 15:25
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December 19th, 2008 23:54
Worked like a charm. Great to find answers readily available!
December 19th, 2008 15:49
Thank you very much!!
December 18th, 2008 00:01
Thank you for putting out the solution to open the file in office 2003.
December 12th, 2008 03:30
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December 10th, 2008 11:52
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December 7th, 2008 08:35
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
December 3rd, 2008 04:07
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November 29th, 2008 05:00
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.
November 28th, 2008 01:07
Thank’s it’s really help
November 27th, 2008 19:14
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.
November 26th, 2008 07:48
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.
November 25th, 2008 22:56
excelente comentario me saco de una…
yo buscanndo el visor jaja lo logre hacer con onenote
November 25th, 2008 11:32
Thanks! It works great! When I upgraded to office 2007 I could not see this file until I reach this site!
November 19th, 2008 18:47
Thanks this was amazing help, at least I dont have to phone clients and ask them to send stuff in different formats!
November 18th, 2008 16:12
it helped! thanks a lot!!!
November 12th, 2008 11:13
Hey thanks for that useful tip
Keep up the good work to make the Internet a better place !
November 11th, 2008 15:44
Thanks for sharing…
Really useful
November 10th, 2008 01:19
THANKS!!! I finally found this website and your advice perfectly fixed my problem!
November 7th, 2008 20:27
it was very useful. thanks !
October 26th, 2008 14:36
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!
October 23rd, 2008 23:24
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.
October 22nd, 2008 01:23
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!
October 22nd, 2008 01:21
Muito obrigado!!!
Havia instalado o Office 2007 e nao conseguia abrir os .MDI
October 19th, 2008 21:57
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
October 17th, 2008 05:36
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.
October 15th, 2008 07:10
Wow! That actually worked! Thanks!
October 12th, 2008 08:54
Thank you so much! And it does let me print to MODI!
October 11th, 2008 04:36
This only installs the viewer, you still cannot print to TIF with MODI.
October 9th, 2008 22:59
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!!
October 9th, 2008 00:38
Thanks a lot. This was of great help
October 7th, 2008 17:56
thank u so much for the article. its very helpful.
September 29th, 2008 11:04
Thanks a bunch. Now I know what the Microsoft Office Document Image Writer function is.
September 16th, 2008 21:57
Thank u
September 16th, 2008 03:43
This really saved me…. thanks!
September 15th, 2008 17:58
Thanks. This has helped me a whole lot.
September 13th, 2008 22:01
Thanks, Saved Me
September 9th, 2008 21:28
Thank you for this page. It helped a lot.
September 5th, 2008 14:44
WTF
September 5th, 2008 02:28
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.
August 31st, 2008 13:37
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
August 28th, 2008 22:18
THNX A LOT BUDDY…IT WORKD RIGHTAWAY
August 27th, 2008 19:13
Thanks a lot for the tip. Quick and easy.
Robert L
August 19th, 2008 18:19
Thanks for this. Accurate and simple.
Samarth
August 6th, 2008 21:12
Hey thanks for this little tutorial! It relieved quite a bit of frustration this morning.
July 26th, 2008 10:46
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
July 16th, 2008 01:51
Awesome Info, thanks a lot. I some times think, Simple solution but yet tough to understand and find.
Thanks for the Info,
July 7th, 2008 11:34
Sweet! Exactly the help I was looking for.
June 26th, 2008 04:28
Thank you so much! This is greatly appreciated.
June 21st, 2008 02:03
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!!!
June 21st, 2008 00:43
It worked!
June 19th, 2008 20:53
thanks for the help! nice tip!!!
June 18th, 2008 02:32
Ho guy, Solution for my problem. Very cool tip!!!
June 11th, 2008 15:02
Thanks so much for this helpful information!
June 9th, 2008 19:18
opening mdi file in onenote was very useful thank you so much
June 4th, 2008 14:03
Thank you very much.
It was really very helpful & informative
May your assistance help us in future.
May 20th, 2008 21:10
Worked great! Thanks for the tip
May 19th, 2008 16:40
Exactly wanted I wanted to know – and it worked! Thanks
May 18th, 2008 19:19
Great info, thanks a lot!!
– the official Office website was useless
May 17th, 2008 14:48
Thanks a lot! saved so much of efforts and tension.
May 12th, 2008 23:19
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’.
May 8th, 2008 10:57
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
April 29th, 2008 19:08
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 25th, 2008 04:04
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
April 9th, 2008 21:57
Thank you so much for this!!! I try to find it 2 day, and finally found. Now all work perfectly.
Thanks again.
April 7th, 2008 23:00
Thank you so much!!! It worked like a charm.
April 6th, 2008 09:47
Excellent!!!
Thanks for the article which has helped me to open the MDI files again, after installing Office 2007.
March 27th, 2008 06:29
Thanks, article was very informational and steps were straight forward to follow!
March 23rd, 2008 04:39
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
March 19th, 2008 23:14
Thanks!!!
March 2nd, 2008 01:50
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!
February 28th, 2008 04:47
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.
February 28th, 2008 01:35
Thank you,thank you,thank you!!!!!!!!!Great tips!It works!!
February 24th, 2008 08:12
Thanks a lot for posting this, it was really helpful!
February 22nd, 2008 13:57
Not available in Office XP, contrary to Microsoft`s claims. Any download location would be appreciated.
February 15th, 2008 00:16
Dude, you are a genius! Thank you so much!
February 14th, 2008 02:09
thanks you are really you best
February 9th, 2008 13:13
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.
February 5th, 2008 04:29
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.
February 3rd, 2008 08:04
im on vista and office 2007 and that didn’t work. any ideas why? i restarted..still no luck.
January 24th, 2008 03:05
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.
January 23rd, 2008 00:50
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.
January 20th, 2008 05:11
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.
January 14th, 2008 22:45
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
January 9th, 2008 01:53
Thank you so much, I’m glad someone is smarter than the microsoft programers!
January 6th, 2008 14:23
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.
January 4th, 2008 21:47
Thank you for posting this. This is a much better explanation as what MS gave.
December 31st, 2007 20:59
Many many thanks it solv my problem. I jast opened one note that was it
thanks one more time
December 18th, 2007 10:01
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
December 17th, 2007 23:18
Wow.. that was great. I wish Microsoft’s website had such clear instructions. Excellent work!
December 12th, 2007 18:28
Thanks, Info was really helpful.
December 12th, 2007 05:15
Great, Was wondering why i couldnt find that after i U/G to 2007
Thanks for the tips ^.~
December 8th, 2007 11:31
Thank You!
It helps to solve a confusing problem. Cool!
December 6th, 2007 06:02
thank you for putting this up. it has helped alot.
November 22nd, 2007 02:19
This info was great! You guys were a real help and I very much appreciate your work.
November 6th, 2007 09:17
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
November 5th, 2007 11:55
Thanks a lot dude. very helpful.
November 1st, 2007 17:36
Helpful, thanks for the advice friend!
October 31st, 2007 05:58
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
October 30th, 2007 17:20
how can we edit the document.
i need to edit a MDI file.
October 29th, 2007 10:39
Thank you so much! Very helpful!
October 16th, 2007 04:10
Most useful information, Thanks.
October 15th, 2007 03:58
Thank You Thank You Thank You… Thank You!
October 9th, 2007 03:49
Thanks for the tip about OneNote – I’m glad someone RTFM
– nice !
September 29th, 2007 02:12
Thanks very usefull. Funny that Office 07 does not install this feature by default.
September 14th, 2007 00:30
Ensure that you select everything under the “Microsoft Office Document Imaging”.
September 13th, 2007 23:03
Muchas Gracias.
September 13th, 2007 02:18
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,
September 8th, 2007 05:29
Very helpful. Thank you.
September 3rd, 2007 20:19
Thanks for great tip. Its easy when you know how. Cheers
August 26th, 2007 07:15
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.
August 14th, 2007 23:57
Thank you very much.
This is an excellent information.
I was able to open .tiff files immediately.
Thanks a lot again.
August 1st, 2007 00:45
Thanks a bunch I was able to open the file immediately . Very helpful and uaeful.
July 28th, 2007 13:53
Thank loads… I can’t believe even Microsoft’s web page that describes the mdi format doesn’t include these simple instructions… Hello…
July 21st, 2007 22:28
Its great. I was able to open the MDI files immediately.
Thanks a lot.
July 15th, 2007 06:45
Free mdi viewer with office 2000
http://www.hot.ee/mdiviewer
July 11th, 2007 05:39
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.
June 24th, 2007 02:31
Excellent! Thanks for solving this pesky problem.
June 22nd, 2007 18:41
Brilliant, not a clue why it’s not in the default config but I’m glad someone knows how to get it back!
June 8th, 2007 04:37
You are a life saver dude
June 4th, 2007 06:39
Most useful info. Many thanks!