Compatibility between latest PC MS Word and MAC MS Word

[Martha]

I am supporting an organization that has both PCs and Macs, and we are using
Word and Excel. We have some tricky name/address data, and I've created a
mail merge that successfully figures out the right "first line" in an address
- depending of title or not, spouse or not, etc. However, when I send to
someone with a Mac, it ignores all the conditional (IF) formatting that I
created. (For instance, I only want an "and" if there is a spouse - it
works in the PC, but no "and" appears in the MAC version) I"ve tried going
into the Mac and doing the same type of coding, but I"m not very adept at it
for it has a slightly different interface and I can find the "edit field"
function. Nor can I find a way to "propagate labels", as I have in the PC.

Are there conventions I can use when coding in the PC such that the Mac will
recognize them and perform the same?

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

When you say latest version, you mean Word 2004, right? To check, go to the
Word menu and select About Word.

Propagate labels is the last icon under Data Source in the Tools | Data
Merge Manager. Hover and screentips works just the same on the Mac.

I suspect you can edit the fields by clicking View Field Codes {a} icon, and
typing in them.

Clive already said that using mail merge between Word 2003 and 2004 works
for him.

You might want to post the formatting that isn't working.

 

[Kent Tessman]

Are there conventions I can use when coding in the PC such that the Mac
will
recognize them and perform the same?

I have run into completely (it seems) inexplicable incompatibilities between
Word on the PC and Word on the Mac. Mind you, I'm using VBA, but based on
my experience it wouldn't surprise me if there were many more similar
issues.