Docx vs Doc- advantages?

[Timothy_Buchanan]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Power PC

What advantages does the new format offer? I find that Indesign 5.0.2 eliminates my footnote or endnote references when placing a docx file- whether the docx file was created on Mac or PC. What features does the docx offer that doc doesn't?

 

[CyberTaz]

I'm not seeing that here - Footnotes, etc. are preserved with no problem.

When you Place in InD make sure there is a check in the box for Show Import
Options. Verify that the proper settings are in place.

In general, OOXML format is smaller, more stable, able to accommodate richer
content, more accurately transportable & offer XML compliance.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Timothy_Buchanan]

When you Place in InD make sure there is a check in the box for Show Import

Options. Verify that the proper settings are in place.

Thanks for the prompt reply. In Import Options, footnotes and endnotes are checked, along with preserve styles and auto-rename (no conflicts). I'd attach the files, but there doesn't seem to be a way to do that here. I could e-mail test files to you.

Are there any specific features of '08 that won't save to doc files?

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Timothy:

Yes, there are a lot of features that won't save to .doc. Whether they
"matter" is a different call. Especially: Whether InDesign can handle them
even if they are there, is the question.

Most of the stuff that WON'T save to .doc is to do with the new Escher
Graphics that Microsoft is extremely proud of, but the rest of the world has
yet to find a use for

Themes is another: if you make use of the Themes functionality, it will be
coded to hard style formatting in .doc.

If you create a .docx, then run a compatibility report on it, Word will tell
you what is in there that won't save to the target format, and what will
happen instead.

It's not a big issue at the moment, because a lot of people have yet to
switch over. But I would expect it to become a huge issue in the next year
or so. I do most of my work in .docx because I handle huge documents and I
want the stability, ruggedness, and compact files they offer.

But I ship a lot to the clients in .doc. I don't use the new-fangled
graphics, or themes. So they never notice

Hope this helps

Thanks for the prompt reply. In Import Options, footnotes and endnotes are
checked, along with preserve styles and auto-rename (no conflicts). I'd attach
the files, but there doesn't seem to be a way to do that here. I could e-mail
test files to you.

Are there any specific features of '08 that won't save to doc files?

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