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Platform Determination
Hi ALL
I receive the wordfiles from diverse sources. I want to know is there a way by which I can know what platform(PC or MAC) the word file was made in. In addition to it I really need to know the version(Word 97,XP,8.0) of the word in whcih the word file was made |
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In the Word File Open dialog, choose the Properties view. This will give
more version information than is actually given in File | Properties. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Vivek" wrote in message ... Hi ALL I receive the wordfiles from diverse sources. I want to know is there a way by which I can know what platform(PC or MAC) the word file was made in. In addition to it I really need to know the version(Word 97,XP,8.0) of the word in whcih the word file was made |
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Suzanne is right, but the info as you ask for it will still not be that
specific ("Word 97 - 2003", for example). Word has used the same file format on Mac & PC since Mac v6.0/PC Office '97, so there is no distinction to be made. If you care to elaborate a bit on why you believe you need to know this info there may be other insights to be offered. Regards |:) "Vivek" wrote: Hi ALL I receive the wordfiles from diverse sources. I want to know is there a way by which I can know what platform(PC or MAC) the word file was made in. In addition to it I really need to know the version(Word 97,XP,8.0) of the word in whcih the word file was made |
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You must be seeing something different from what I see: in Properties view,
I see "Microsoft Office Word" for documents created in Word 2003 (the currently installed version), and Microsoft Word 8.0 or 10.0 or whatever for those created in earlier versions (including "Microsoft Word for Windows 95"). Word 6.0 seems to be as far back as it goes; Word 2.0 docs show "No document properties are available for this file." -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "CyberTaz" wrote in message ... Suzanne is right, but the info as you ask for it will still not be that specific ("Word 97 - 2003", for example). Word has used the same file format on Mac & PC since Mac v6.0/PC Office '97, so there is no distinction to be made. If you care to elaborate a bit on why you believe you need to know this info there may be other insights to be offered. Regards |:) "Vivek" wrote: Hi ALL I receive the wordfiles from diverse sources. I want to know is there a way by which I can know what platform(PC or MAC) the word file was made in. In addition to it I really need to know the version(Word 97,XP,8.0) of the word in whcih the word file was made |
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Quite curious... Every file I've checked going back to the year 1998 show the
same info I posted. I know some of them were created with Word 97 & various versions since. Using Word 2003 Version 11.0, Build 6359 SP1 on WinXP Pro. Any idea why the different presentation of the Properties? Regards |:) "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You must be seeing something different from what I see: in Properties view, I see "Microsoft Office Word" for documents created in Word 2003 (the currently installed version), and Microsoft Word 8.0 or 10.0 or whatever for those created in earlier versions (including "Microsoft Word for Windows 95"). Word 6.0 seems to be as far back as it goes; Word 2.0 docs show "No document properties are available for this file." -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "CyberTaz" wrote in message ... Suzanne is right, but the info as you ask for it will still not be that specific ("Word 97 - 2003", for example). Word has used the same file format on Mac & PC since Mac v6.0/PC Office '97, so there is no distinction to be made. If you care to elaborate a bit on why you believe you need to know this info there may be other insights to be offered. Regards |:) "Vivek" wrote: Hi ALL I receive the wordfiles from diverse sources. I want to know is there a way by which I can know what platform(PC or MAC) the word file was made in. In addition to it I really need to know the version(Word 97,XP,8.0) of the word in whcih the word file was made |
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11.6502.5408 here. You're definitely using the Properties view in Word's
File Open dialog? Not File | Properties in Word or Properties on the context menu in Windows Explorer? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "CyberTaz" wrote in message ... Quite curious... Every file I've checked going back to the year 1998 show the same info I posted. I know some of them were created with Word 97 & various versions since. Using Word 2003 Version 11.0, Build 6359 SP1 on WinXP Pro. Any idea why the different presentation of the Properties? Regards |:) "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You must be seeing something different from what I see: in Properties view, I see "Microsoft Office Word" for documents created in Word 2003 (the currently installed version), and Microsoft Word 8.0 or 10.0 or whatever for those created in earlier versions (including "Microsoft Word for Windows 95"). Word 6.0 seems to be as far back as it goes; Word 2.0 docs show "No document properties are available for this file." -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "CyberTaz" wrote in message ... Suzanne is right, but the info as you ask for it will still not be that specific ("Word 97 - 2003", for example). Word has used the same file format on Mac & PC since Mac v6.0/PC Office '97, so there is no distinction to be made. If you care to elaborate a bit on why you believe you need to know this info there may be other insights to be offered. Regards |:) "Vivek" wrote: Hi ALL I receive the wordfiles from diverse sources. I want to know is there a way by which I can know what platform(PC or MAC) the word file was made in. In addition to it I really need to know the version(Word 97,XP,8.0) of the word in whcih the word file was made |
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On 9/9/05 5:13 PM, in article , "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You're definitely using the Properties view in Word's File Open dialog? Absolutely definitely positive. If I use a WinEx window & rt-click for Properties it just shows up as "Microsoft Word Document" with no version indicated at all, regardless of which file's properties I look at. Curious! I just located a couple of older WinWord 6.0/95 files here at home on my Mac & sent them to work so I can see what I get from them Monday. Regards |:) |