conversion from Word 97 to Word 2004 for Mac X

[bob holt]

I'm working on a book which I began on Windows using Word 97. A couple
of years ago I switched to an iMac, now running Panther and the latest Word.
I've been noticing that old docs come up with strange changes and just
learned that I need to "change the compatibility options to MS Word 2000
-2004 and X in the Preferences Dialog box." In that box I see no options so
labelled, just many specific options some checked, some not. Where can I
find how to set them so that they are appropriate for Word 2004 for X?

 

[matt neuburg]

I'm working on a book which I began on Windows using Word 97. A couple
of years ago I switched to an iMac, now running Panther and the latest Word.
I've been noticing that old docs come up with strange changes and just
learned that I need to "change the compatibility options to MS Word 2000
-2004 and X in the Preferences Dialog box." In that box I see no options so
labelled, just many specific options some checked, some not. Where can I
find how to set them so that they are appropriate for Word 2004 for X?

Choose Preferences and switch to the Compatibility pane. You will see
the following three interface items:

(1) Font Substitution.

(2) Recommended options for:

(3) Options: (followed by the checklist you mention above).

Focus your eyes on number 2, the words "Recommended options for:". To
the right of those words are some more words. *Those* words are a popup
menu. That means you can choose from the menu. Hold the mouse down on it
to do this. One of the choices says: Microsoft Word 2000-2004 and X.
Choose that one.

A tricky problem here is that the value of the popup menu does not seem
to correspond to the particular options that are checked. For example,
on my machine, with a new document, "Add space for underlines" is
checked, and the popup says "Microsoft Word 2000-2004 and X". But if I
actually *choose* "Microsoft Word 2000-2004 and X", the "Add space for
underlines" option is UNchecked (in fact, they are all unchecked). I
have not figured out what the story is here.

m.

 

[bob holt]

-----Original Message-----


Choose Preferences and switch to the Compatibility pane. You will see
the following three interface items:

(1) Font Substitution.

(2) Recommended options for:

(3) Options: (followed by the checklist you mention above).

Focus your eyes on number 2, the words "Recommended options for:". To
the right of those words are some more words. *Those* words are a popup
menu. That means you can choose from the menu. Hold the mouse down on it
to do this. One of the choices says: Microsoft Word 2000-2004 and X.
Choose that one.

A tricky problem here is that the value of the popup menu does not seem
to correspond to the particular options that are checked. For example,
on my machine, with a new document, "Add space for underlines" is
checked, and the popup says "Microsoft Word 2000-2004 and X". But if I
actually *choose* "Microsoft Word 2000-2004 and X", the "Add space for
underlines" option is UNchecked (in fact, they are all unchecked). I
have not figured out what the story is here.

m.


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Thanks, Matt. I tried it and got the same result that you did, with no effect

on my original problem. BUT I happened to look into my Normal Style,
which I had never done before, and found that it had a default font=Courier
10 pt. As soon as I changed that to my standard Times New Roman 12, I no
longer had the problem I alluded to, the "strange changes," which were
overriding with the wrong font. That's after a professional (paid) consultant
told me that he had set all my default font designations to TNR!

 

[matt neuburg]

Thanks, Matt. I tried it and got the same result that you did, with no effect
on my original problem. BUT I happened to look into my Normal Style,
which I had never done before, and found that it had a default font=Courier
10 pt. As soon as I changed that to my standard Times New Roman 12, I no
longer had the problem I alluded to, the "strange changes," which were
overriding with the wrong font.

Interesting. But my Normal is Times New Roman, and yet I see the same
phenomenon I describe above: when I open the prefs panel, the the popup
says "Microsoft Word 2000-2004 and X", but when I actually choose
"Microsoft Word 2000-2004 and X", the settings change. m.

 

[matt neuburg]

Interesting. But my Normal is Times New Roman, and yet I see the same
phenomenon I describe above: when I open the prefs panel, the the popup
says "Microsoft Word 2000-2004 and X", but when I actually choose
"Microsoft Word 2000-2004 and X", the settings change.

Followup to my followup: I had to move aside my Normal template in order
to fix the problem. I wonder what else this will fix... m.

 

[JE McGimpsey]

Followup to my followup: I had to move aside my Normal template in order
to fix the problem. I wonder what else this will fix... m.

That's why I don't ever store anything I want to keep in Normal - I use
add-ins and document templates instead. With v.X I had an applescript to
remove Normal every time I started up, but I haven't had many troubles
with Word04 so far. Won't be hard to change the script if they start,
tho'.