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Viewing a Mac Microsoft Word 10.1 doc in Windows?
Hi - a colleague has sent me a document which brings up an "encoding" prompt
when I open it. The top part of the document has a bunch of squares and other strange characters. I can read at the bottom of the characters that Microsoft Word 10.1 was used, and I know a Mac was used. Is there a way to view it on a Windows XP machine? A converter maybe? |
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I'm assuming you do not have any version of Microsoft Word
installed on your computer. Recent versions of MacWord files are the same format as WinWord files, so you should be able to download and install the Word 2003 Viewer from http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=889347, and use the viewer to open the MacWord file. The viewer allows you to open, view, and print Word files, but you will not be allowed to edit Word files. Dave R. wrote: Hi - a colleague has sent me a document which brings up an "encoding" prompt when I open it. The top part of the document has a bunch of squares and other strange characters. I can read at the bottom of the characters that Microsoft Word 10.1 was used, and I know a Mac was used. Is there a way to view it on a Windows XP machine? A converter maybe? |
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Hi Garfield. I do have a recent version, Office 2003 actually. Maybe I am
missing some software component? I will try the viewer anyhow, thanks. "garfield-n-odie" wrote in message ... I'm assuming you do not have any version of Microsoft Word installed on your computer. Recent versions of MacWord files are the same format as WinWord files, so you should be able to download and install the Word 2003 Viewer from http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=889347, and use the viewer to open the MacWord file. The viewer allows you to open, view, and print Word files, but you will not be allowed to edit Word files. Dave R. wrote: Hi - a colleague has sent me a document which brings up an "encoding" prompt when I open it. The top part of the document has a bunch of squares and other strange characters. I can read at the bottom of the characters that Microsoft Word 10.1 was used, and I know a Mac was used. Is there a way to view it on a Windows XP machine? A converter maybe? |
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I'm assuming that you used File | Open while that dialog was set to Recover
Text from Any File, because I think that's what it sounds like. There is no file format difference between Mac and win, as GnO said. No converter or special software is necessary. If you can't double-click and open the Mac-created doc, try manually adding a .doc to the end if it doesn't have one. On 7/8/05 2:48 PM, "Dave R." wrote: Hi Garfield. I do have a recent version, Office 2003 actually. Maybe I am missing some software component? I will try the viewer anyhow, thanks. "garfield-n-odie" wrote in message ... I'm assuming you do not have any version of Microsoft Word installed on your computer. Recent versions of MacWord files are the same format as WinWord files, so you should be able to download and install the Word 2003 Viewer from http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=889347, and use the viewer to open the MacWord file. The viewer allows you to open, view, and print Word files, but you will not be allowed to edit Word files. Dave R. wrote: Hi - a colleague has sent me a document which brings up an "encoding" prompt when I open it. The top part of the document has a bunch of squares and other strange characters. I can read at the bottom of the characters that Microsoft Word 10.1 was used, and I know a Mac was used. Is there a way to view it on a Windows XP machine? A converter maybe? -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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Actually it does this whether I double click on it from explorer, or open
Word and then go to fileopen. Here is a picture of the file conversion box that pops up, if that can offer any clue.. http://immunizecaadults.org/images/fileconversion.jpg Thanks. "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message .. . I'm assuming that you used File | Open while that dialog was set to Recover Text from Any File, because I think that's what it sounds like. There is no file format difference between Mac and win, as GnO said. No converter or special software is necessary. If you can't double-click and open the Mac-created doc, try manually adding a .doc to the end if it doesn't have one. On 7/8/05 2:48 PM, "Dave R." wrote: Hi Garfield. I do have a recent version, Office 2003 actually. Maybe I am missing some software component? I will try the viewer anyhow, thanks. "garfield-n-odie" wrote in message ... I'm assuming you do not have any version of Microsoft Word installed on your computer. Recent versions of MacWord files are the same format as WinWord files, so you should be able to download and install the Word 2003 Viewer from http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=889347, and use the viewer to open the MacWord file. The viewer allows you to open, view, and print Word files, but you will not be allowed to edit Word files. Dave R. wrote: Hi - a colleague has sent me a document which brings up an "encoding" prompt when I open it. The top part of the document has a bunch of squares and other strange characters. I can read at the bottom of the characters that Microsoft Word 10.1 was used, and I know a Mac was used. Is there a way to view it on a Windows XP machine? A converter maybe? -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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If it doesn't have the .doc, try adding it. Otherwise, I haven't a clue. I
send Word documents from a Mac to Win users all the time with no problems. You might ask your colleague to resend it. The symptoms aren't quite right, but the problem could also be in how your colleague sent the doc. The most common problem arises when the doc was sent by email and the attachment encoding was not set properly. If you see something about "application/x-macbinary" when trying to open the doc, sounds like they encoded it for Mac computers. A Mac email program, Entourage, has this to say in Help: About attachment encodings When you choose an encoding format, it is helpful to understand how Macintosh files differ from files created on other computers. Macintosh files include additional resource information that files created on other types of computers do not. If you are sending a data file, such as a Microsoft Word document or Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, such resource information may not be necessary. However, if you are sending something more complex, such as a program, to another Macintosh computer, you must choose an encoding format that preserves all the data. The AppleDouble encoding format preserves the additional resource information, and can be read by both Macintosh and other types of computers. AppleDouble is a good choice for your default encoding format; it works most of the time with most computers. However, if AppleDouble fails, you can choose a different encoding format depending on the type of computer you are sending the attachment to: € To send an attachment to a Macintosh computer, use BinHex, which preserves the Macintosh resource information and data. € To send an attachment to a Windows-based computer, use MIME/Base 64, which preserves the data only. € To send an attachment to a UNIX computer, use UUEncode, which preserves the data only. Try sending this explanation to your correspondent, asking them to change their encoding. The help on any Mac email program will tell them how. On 7/8/05 4:03 PM, "Dave R." wrote: Actually it does this whether I double click on it from explorer, or open Word and then go to fileopen. Here is a picture of the file conversion box that pops up, if that can offer any clue.. http://immunizecaadults.org/images/fileconversion.jpg Thanks. "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message .. . I'm assuming that you used File | Open while that dialog was set to Recover Text from Any File, because I think that's what it sounds like. There is no file format difference between Mac and win, as GnO said. No converter or special software is necessary. If you can't double-click and open the Mac-created doc, try manually adding a .doc to the end if it doesn't have one. On 7/8/05 2:48 PM, "Dave R." wrote: Hi Garfield. I do have a recent version, Office 2003 actually. Maybe I am missing some software component? I will try the viewer anyhow, thanks. "garfield-n-odie" wrote in message ... I'm assuming you do not have any version of Microsoft Word installed on your computer. Recent versions of MacWord files are the same format as WinWord files, so you should be able to download and install the Word 2003 Viewer from http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=889347, and use the viewer to open the MacWord file. The viewer allows you to open, view, and print Word files, but you will not be allowed to edit Word files. Dave R. wrote: Hi - a colleague has sent me a document which brings up an "encoding" prompt when I open it. The top part of the document has a bunch of squares and other strange characters. I can read at the bottom of the characters that Microsoft Word 10.1 was used, and I know a Mac was used. Is there a way to view it on a Windows XP machine? A converter maybe? |
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Thanks very much Daiya. I sent him this and he resent it and it works.
"Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message .. . If it doesn't have the .doc, try adding it. Otherwise, I haven't a clue. I send Word documents from a Mac to Win users all the time with no problems. You might ask your colleague to resend it. The symptoms aren't quite right, but the problem could also be in how your colleague sent the doc. The most common problem arises when the doc was sent by email and the attachment encoding was not set properly. If you see something about "application/x-macbinary" when trying to open the doc, sounds like they encoded it for Mac computers. A Mac email program, Entourage, has this to say in Help: About attachment encodings When you choose an encoding format, it is helpful to understand how Macintosh files differ from files created on other computers. Macintosh files include additional resource information that files created on other types of computers do not. If you are sending a data file, such as a Microsoft Word document or Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, such resource information may not be necessary. However, if you are sending something more complex, such as a program, to another Macintosh computer, you must choose an encoding format that preserves all the data. The AppleDouble encoding format preserves the additional resource information, and can be read by both Macintosh and other types of computers. AppleDouble is a good choice for your default encoding format; it works most of the time with most computers. However, if AppleDouble fails, you can choose a different encoding format depending on the type of computer you are sending the attachment to: ? To send an attachment to a Macintosh computer, use BinHex, which preserves the Macintosh resource information and data. ? To send an attachment to a Windows-based computer, use MIME/Base 64, which preserves the data only. ? To send an attachment to a UNIX computer, use UUEncode, which preserves the data only. Try sending this explanation to your correspondent, asking them to change their encoding. The help on any Mac email program will tell them how. On 7/8/05 4:03 PM, "Dave R." wrote: Actually it does this whether I double click on it from explorer, or open Word and then go to fileopen. Here is a picture of the file conversion box that pops up, if that can offer any clue.. http://immunizecaadults.org/images/fileconversion.jpg Thanks. "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message .. . I'm assuming that you used File | Open while that dialog was set to Recover Text from Any File, because I think that's what it sounds like. There is no file format difference between Mac and win, as GnO said. No converter or special software is necessary. If you can't double-click and open the Mac-created doc, try manually adding a .doc to the end if it doesn't have one. On 7/8/05 2:48 PM, "Dave R." wrote: Hi Garfield. I do have a recent version, Office 2003 actually. Maybe I am missing some software component? I will try the viewer anyhow, thanks. "garfield-n-odie" wrote in message ... I'm assuming you do not have any version of Microsoft Word installed on your computer. Recent versions of MacWord files are the same format as WinWord files, so you should be able to download and install the Word 2003 Viewer from http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=889347, and use the viewer to open the MacWord file. The viewer allows you to open, view, and print Word files, but you will not be allowed to edit Word files. Dave R. wrote: Hi - a colleague has sent me a document which brings up an "encoding" prompt when I open it. The top part of the document has a bunch of squares and other strange characters. I can read at the bottom of the characters that Microsoft Word 10.1 was used, and I know a Mac was used. Is there a way to view it on a Windows XP machine? A converter maybe? |
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Thanks for confirming. Now I have some new symptoms to list.
On 7/11/05 7:39 AM, "Dave R." wrote: Thanks very much Daiya. I sent him this and he resent it and it works. "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message .. . If it doesn't have the .doc, try adding it. Otherwise, I haven't a clue. I send Word documents from a Mac to Win users all the time with no problems. You might ask your colleague to resend it. The symptoms aren't quite right, but the problem could also be in how your colleague sent the doc. The most common problem arises when the doc was sent by email and the attachment encoding was not set properly. If you see something about "application/x-macbinary" when trying to open the doc, sounds like they encoded it for Mac computers. A Mac email program, Entourage, has this to say in Help: About attachment encodings When you choose an encoding format, it is helpful to understand how Macintosh files differ from files created on other computers. Macintosh files include additional resource information that files created on other types of computers do not. If you are sending a data file, such as a Microsoft Word document or Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, such resource information may not be necessary. However, if you are sending something more complex, such as a program, to another Macintosh computer, you must choose an encoding format that preserves all the data. The AppleDouble encoding format preserves the additional resource information, and can be read by both Macintosh and other types of computers. AppleDouble is a good choice for your default encoding format; it works most of the time with most computers. However, if AppleDouble fails, you can choose a different encoding format depending on the type of computer you are sending the attachment to: ? To send an attachment to a Macintosh computer, use BinHex, which preserves the Macintosh resource information and data. ? To send an attachment to a Windows-based computer, use MIME/Base 64, which preserves the data only. ? To send an attachment to a UNIX computer, use UUEncode, which preserves the data only. Try sending this explanation to your correspondent, asking them to change their encoding. The help on any Mac email program will tell them how. On 7/8/05 4:03 PM, "Dave R." wrote: Actually it does this whether I double click on it from explorer, or open Word and then go to fileopen. Here is a picture of the file conversion box that pops up, if that can offer any clue.. http://immunizecaadults.org/images/fileconversion.jpg Thanks. "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message .. . I'm assuming that you used File | Open while that dialog was set to Recover Text from Any File, because I think that's what it sounds like. There is no file format difference between Mac and win, as GnO said. No converter or special software is necessary. If you can't double-click and open the Mac-created doc, try manually adding a .doc to the end if it doesn't have one. On 7/8/05 2:48 PM, "Dave R." wrote: Hi Garfield. I do have a recent version, Office 2003 actually. Maybe I am missing some software component? I will try the viewer anyhow, thanks. "garfield-n-odie" wrote in message ... I'm assuming you do not have any version of Microsoft Word installed on your computer. Recent versions of MacWord files are the same format as WinWord files, so you should be able to download and install the Word 2003 Viewer from http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=889347, and use the viewer to open the MacWord file. The viewer allows you to open, view, and print Word files, but you will not be allowed to edit Word files. Dave R. wrote: Hi - a colleague has sent me a document which brings up an "encoding" prompt when I open it. The top part of the document has a bunch of squares and other strange characters. I can read at the bottom of the characters that Microsoft Word 10.1 was used, and I know a Mac was used. Is there a way to view it on a Windows XP machine? A converter maybe? |
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