T
tarco118
First time user and exploring. Glad to find a resource I can go to for help with my newest acquisition.
N
natc
Why is it that for something we pay good money for and that they offer many free functionalities (eg templates), Mac users can't get access to them? This is ridiculous.
On a side note, I can't figure out why in Windows you can click a simple button from the the File>New window to view templates on the web. In Office 2008 for Mac, I can't find that functionality, yet its the only way you can download templates for Office 2007 because of Microsoft's stupid thought process on how they design their websites. I don't think that would be difficult to at least build some way to get to a Mac template page.
But then again... they've never been user friendly, why would they change.
On a side note, I can't figure out why in Windows you can click a simple button from the the File>New window to view templates on the web. In Office 2008 for Mac, I can't find that functionality, yet its the only way you can download templates for Office 2007 because of Microsoft's stupid thought process on how they design their websites. I don't think that would be difficult to at least build some way to get to a Mac template page.
But then again... they've never been user friendly, why would they change.
J
John McGhie
Well... Mac Users will have a selection of templates created just for them.
You are correct: there will be a "Mac Only" templates page, with templates
that have been checked to make sure they will work on Mac Office.
The Office 2004 Templates are there now:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/templates.mspx
As Mac users, we CAN get access to all of the templates on the general
office site, EXCEPT the templates designed for Office 2007 products.
There are two reasons for this: The first is that Microsoft was sick of
supplying templates to people who have not paid for Office 2007. Microsoft
has to pay outside developers to create these templates, and it pays a
licence fee per download. Microsoft's shareholders (your pension fund!) got
a bit fed up with funding the deficiencies of all the other word-processors
out there
If they think they have a great word-processor, let them
supply their own templates to their customers
The second is that some of them won't work in Mac:Office. Some of those
templates rely on VBA, a feature that we don't have in 2008.
The people who put a lock on the Office Templates front gate 'expected' that
users of Mac Office 2008 would be able to get the templates in the same way
as PC Office users can. It came as a bit of a shock to them when they
discovered that they had locked us out. They are now discussing building a
mechanism that will allow users of Mac Office 2008 into the site.
This is not as simple as it sounds: the mechanism has to not only check that
the Mac user has Office 2008, it also has to select out the templates that
won't work in Mac Office (e.g. The ones that rely on VBA).
Not so much a conspiracy as an unanticipated side-effect
Adding the Mactopia templates to the Project Gallery is a good idea. Expect
to see that one implemented as soon as they get around to it. Right now, I
guess the developers are just a tad busy squashing bugs...
In the meantime, if you find a Microsoft template you want that you can't
get, post in here and we will see if we can get it for you. Note: We'll
need the exact URL, none of us have time to go "looking" for templates for
people who can't be bothered to find their own
Hint: Look for the "Community Submitted" templates. They are much more
likely to have real-world coding in them
Cheers
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You are correct: there will be a "Mac Only" templates page, with templates
that have been checked to make sure they will work on Mac Office.
The Office 2004 Templates are there now:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/templates.mspx
As Mac users, we CAN get access to all of the templates on the general
office site, EXCEPT the templates designed for Office 2007 products.
There are two reasons for this: The first is that Microsoft was sick of
supplying templates to people who have not paid for Office 2007. Microsoft
has to pay outside developers to create these templates, and it pays a
licence fee per download. Microsoft's shareholders (your pension fund!) got
a bit fed up with funding the deficiencies of all the other word-processors
out there
If they think they have a great word-processor, let themsupply their own templates to their customers
The second is that some of them won't work in Mac:Office. Some of those
templates rely on VBA, a feature that we don't have in 2008.
The people who put a lock on the Office Templates front gate 'expected' that
users of Mac Office 2008 would be able to get the templates in the same way
as PC Office users can. It came as a bit of a shock to them when they
discovered that they had locked us out. They are now discussing building a
mechanism that will allow users of Mac Office 2008 into the site.
This is not as simple as it sounds: the mechanism has to not only check that
the Mac user has Office 2008, it also has to select out the templates that
won't work in Mac Office (e.g. The ones that rely on VBA).
Not so much a conspiracy as an unanticipated side-effect
Adding the Mactopia templates to the Project Gallery is a good idea. Expect
to see that one implemented as soon as they get around to it. Right now, I
guess the developers are just a tad busy squashing bugs...
In the meantime, if you find a Microsoft template you want that you can't
get, post in here and we will see if we can get it for you. Note: We'll
need the exact URL, none of us have time to go "looking" for templates for
people who can't be bothered to find their own
Hint: Look for the "Community Submitted" templates. They are much more
likely to have real-world coding in them
Cheers
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+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia
C
Clive Huggan
You're welcome! Keep coming back!
Clive Huggan
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M
Mike
I would like to get this template if possible. I am new to MAC and never liked computers until I purchased a MAC. I have no computer skills! I am using Office '08 for Mac.
M
Mike
For example, I posted without the URL
<http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/>
templates/TC101927461033
..aspx?CategoryID=CT101448941033
<http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/>
templates/TC101927461033
..aspx?CategoryID=CT101448941033
J
John McGhie
Hi Mike:
You have not posted your email address in the visible text. How am I
supposed to get it to you?
Cheers
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You have not posted your email address in the visible text. How am I
supposed to get it to you?
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M
Mike
Sorry. (e-mail address removed)
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John McGhie
Sorry, your question didn't make it either. Please repost.
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L
Lars Hadland
I see I can download clip art for office 2008 but why not templates? I tried a template and it complains about Active X.
L
Lars Hadland
I see I can download clip art for office 2008 but why not templates? I tried a template and it complains about Active X.
N
not-bill-gates
actually this is MS treating its "Genuine" money-paying MAC customers the same as hackers & bootleggers, ie, "f*%k you" dear MAC customer!!!
N
not-bill-gates
WTF!!!! So i try to download a template on my Windows system, and i can;t because the MS f&*kheads now restrict windows templates to specific Win Office versions!!!! WTF!!!! even though i am licensed for windows office 2003, i can't download a windows template because i don;t have Win Office 2007 !!!1 f*&k you microsoft!!!
J
John McGhie
Let me see now, you would be aged about 12 or 13? Right... So we have a way
to go before you discover that one exclamation point is sufficient
Microsoft Office 2008 complains about "ActiveX" because it does not contain
a compiler for it. If you had searched before posting you would have found
lengthy explanations of why that is so in here.
Word 2007 templates are restricted to versions 2007 and later because the
earlier applications cannot open the file forms in use.
Which you would also have discovered if you had searched in here.
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to go before you discover that one exclamation point is sufficient
Microsoft Office 2008 complains about "ActiveX" because it does not contain
a compiler for it. If you had searched before posting you would have found
lengthy explanations of why that is so in here.
Word 2007 templates are restricted to versions 2007 and later because the
earlier applications cannot open the file forms in use.
Which you would also have discovered if you had searched in here.
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Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]
R
randyvt
Where is the "My Templates" folder in Office 2008? I wan tto move some .dot files into it so they will appear under the My Templates choice in the Project Gallery. I believe I've thoroughly examined the Microsoft Office 2008 folder and I don't see it, I've tried the Help function and it did not reveal this.
D
Daiya Mitchell
Moved to [username]/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/User
Templates/My Templates
In the future, when you have a new question, please start a new thread
instead of adding onto an old one.
Templates/My Templates
In the future, when you have a new question, please start a new thread
instead of adding onto an old one.
L
Lucie Champs
I am NEW at MAC. I had a family project of making a birthday calendar in PC that required a calendar obviously and I had found several for free on the internet, from Word Microsoft.
I am trying to adapt from my PC to MAC, (so far so good, ) BUT need to find a template of a calendar for 2009 or any year for that matter to pursue my project. It was SO EASY in Word Microsoft.
I've looked in mactopia..... there is every possible template, BUT no calendar template there. I've tried with Netscape.... no possibility of making home calendars for MAC.
HELP! HELP! HELP! : :chagrin: :frown:
I am trying to adapt from my PC to MAC, (so far so good, ) BUT need to find a template of a calendar for 2009 or any year for that matter to pursue my project. It was SO EASY in Word Microsoft.
I've looked in mactopia..... there is every possible template, BUT no calendar template there. I've tried with Netscape.... no possibility of making home calendars for MAC.
HELP! HELP! HELP! : :chagrin:
:frown:
J
John McGhie
The Mac calendar templates are rubbish
I converted one and put it here for download:
http://public.jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/Calendar.xlsx
I will have to see if I can persuade Daiya to put it on the Word:Mac website
Cheers
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I converted one and put it here for download:
http://public.jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/Calendar.xlsx
I will have to see if I can persuade Daiya to put it on the Word:Mac website
Cheers
I am NEW at MAC. I had a family project of making a birthday calendar in PC
that required a calendar obviously and I had found several for free on the
internet, from Word Microsoft.
I am trying to adapt from my PC to MAC, (so far so good, ) BUT need to find a
template of a calendar for 2009 or any year for that matter to pursue my
project. It was SO EASY in Word Microsoft.
I've looked in mactopia..... there is every possible template, BUT no calendar
template there. I've tried with Netscape.... no possibility of making home
calendars for MAC.
HELP! HELP! HELP! : :chagrin:
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Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]