[NEOEAXD]

Word 2002 was able to save documents in a Macintosh format using an .mcw
extension. I don't find that capability in Word 2007, and the online "help"
doesn't offer much about file converters.

[JoAnn Paules]

Apparently MacWrite hasn't been produced since 1994. Surely you should have
been able to find enough time in the past 18 years to convert them to a
newer format. If not, you may have to find someone with Word XP and ask them
to do it for you.

Did you try opening them in Word after telling it to recover the text from
any file? You'll lose the format but you may be able to save the text. I say
may because I have never tried to open one of those files.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"NEOEAXD" wrote in message
...
Word 2002 was able to save documents in a Macintosh format using an .mcw
extension. I don't find that capability in Word 2007, and the online
"help"
doesn't offer much about file converters.

[eginmd]

Word for Macintosh, not MacWrite used the .mcw extension.

I found your post searching for a way to open (not save) these files with
Word 2007. I upgraded to Word 2007 from Word 2000 a few months ago. It never
crossed my mind that I would not be able to open my old .mcw files since Word
2000 was able to open them with formatting intact. Now I get a bunch of
symbols along with the text.

Is there any way to open the files intact before re-saving them into a more
recent format?

"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

Apparently MacWrite hasn't been produced since 1994. Surely you should have
been able to find enough time in the past 18 years to convert them to a
newer format. If not, you may have to find someone with Word XP and ask them
to do it for you.

Did you try opening them in Word after telling it to recover the text from
any file? You'll lose the format but you may be able to save the text. I say
may because I have never tried to open one of those files.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"NEOEAXD" wrote in message
...
Word 2002 was able to save documents in a Macintosh format using an .mcw
extension. I don't find that capability in Word 2007, and the online
"help"
doesn't offer much about file converters.

[JoAnn Paules]

If you're getting symbols and not letters, they could be corrupt. Any chance
they were on floppies?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"eginmd" wrote in message
...
Word for Macintosh, not MacWrite used the .mcw extension.

I found your post searching for a way to open (not save) these files with
Word 2007. I upgraded to Word 2007 from Word 2000 a few months ago. It
never
crossed my mind that I would not be able to open my old .mcw files since
Word
2000 was able to open them with formatting intact. Now I get a bunch of
symbols along with the text.

Is there any way to open the files intact before re-saving them into a
more
recent format?

"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

Apparently MacWrite hasn't been produced since 1994. Surely you should
have
been able to find enough time in the past 18 years to convert them to a
newer format. If not, you may have to find someone with Word XP and ask
them
to do it for you.

Did you try opening them in Word after telling it to recover the text
from
any file? You'll lose the format but you may be able to save the text. I
say
may because I have never tried to open one of those files.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"NEOEAXD" wrote in message
...
Word 2002 was able to save documents in a Macintosh format using an
.mcw
extension. I don't find that capability in Word 2007, and the online
"help"
doesn't offer much about file converters.

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Egin,

Word 2007 dropped support for Word:mac versions earlier than Word:mac v6. In some cases you can make the registry changes in
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922849?FR=1
to be able to open the older file types, but you may also need to locate and download an older converter for some of them, although
if you upgraded from Word 2000 to Word 2007 on the same converter then the MacWrd32.cnv converter may still be installed and
available on your system.

After changing the file block keys turn on the option for
'Confirm file format conversion on open'
in Office Button=Word Options=Advanced=General

then use Office Button[file]=Open to try opening a .MCW file.


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"eginmd" wrote in message ...
Word for Macintosh, not MacWrite used the .mcw extension.

I found your post searching for a way to open (not save) these files with
Word 2007. I upgraded to Word 2007 from Word 2000 a few months ago. It never
crossed my mind that I would not be able to open my old .mcw files since Word
2000 was able to open them with formatting intact. Now I get a bunch of
symbols along with the text.

Is there any way to open the files intact before re-saving them into a more
recent format?
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*