Hello,
I find this conversation very, very interesting. I recently bought a Mac,
which I also use for my consulting business with large companies who are PC
users.
The ONLY reason I too have Microsoft Office is to be able to work with my
clients. This embedded PDF file (or lack thereof) is stopping me from being
successful on a large deal I am trying to complete right now.
I almost went out and bought a new PC yesterday just to be able to complete
this project. I may still do it this weekend, and hand over the Mac to my
son... probably never to return again, I am sad to say.
I, too, appreciate the honesty (I thought I must be doing Something Wrong!)
because I thought these were also completely compatible...
Janice
CyberTaz wrote:
You're most definitely encouraged to provide feedback but this is not themost
11-Feb-10
You're most definitely encouraged to provide feedback but this is not the
most effective venue for doing so. Those who participate here are users who
attempt to assist other users. If you take advantage of the Send Feedback
item in Word's Help menu your comments go directly to those within MS who
have input on product development.
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
On 2/10/10 5:12 PM, in article (e-mail address removed)2ac0,
Previous Posts In This Thread:
Embedded pdf objects redux
Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
Processor: Intel
I have received a word document containing embedded PDF document that was
created on a windows machine (Office 2003, Windows XP). I realize this issue
has been raised before, but I have yet to find a resolution. <br><br>The pdf
is indeed embedded. It is displayed as an icon. On double-clicking the icon,
the error "Word cannot locate the server application for
AcroExch.Document.7 objects" appears. I have Acrobat 9 Pro installed.
<br><br>Please do not tell me this is "due to a design restriction"
as stated elsewhere on this forum. This is a BUG. When will it be fixed?
<br><br>It is also reasonable to expect to be able to embed the pdf file, just
like the Windows version does. When will that capability be available?
No offense, but you seem to be under the mistaken impression that the
No offense, but you seem to be under the mistaken impression that the only
difference between Microsoft Office for Windows & Microsoft Office:Mac is
the labels on the boxes they ship in
For better or worse that simply is
not the case & feature parity has never been a reality. The respective apps
for the 2 different operating systems are compatible & comparable, but by no
means identical.
Although I fully understand your frustration, that particular capability is
one of many differences. I am afraid you have found no resolution because
there
is none to be had. It is not a "bug", even though you are welcome to call it
what ever you choose. The fact is that it is excluded from the design of
Office apps for the Mac. As for 'why' it is excluded I can only speculate but
that would not resolve anything even if I were to guess correctly
Since
the capability is not there to be broken it cannot be "fixed" & I am afraid it
is not something that can simply be stuck in by way of an update.
I am sorry you do not like the only truthful answer to the question, but the
soonest something different can reasonably be expected is in the next
release scheduled for late 2010 - early 2011. None of us know whether that
will happen or not.
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
On 2/10/10 1:10 PM, in article (e-mail address removed)2ac0,
No offence taken. Thank you for your honesty.
No offence taken. Thank you for your honesty. <br><br>Since we are encouraged
to provide feedback: <br>
The primary (possibly only) reason I continue to use Office is for
compatibility with colleagues who use Windows. While I would (begrudgingly)
accept that the ability to embed a pdf file may fall under feature parity, the
ability to open the embedded pdf falls within my definition of compatibility.
That would be relatively trivial to implement using Open Scripting
Architecture. <br><br>In case this helps others, the best workaround I have is
to open the file with Winword under Parallels, and extract all the embedded
files.
You're most definitely encouraged to provide feedback but this is not themost
You're most definitely encouraged to provide feedback but this is not the
most effective venue for doing so. Those who participate here are users who
attempt to assist other users. If you take advantage of the Send Feedback
item in Word's Help menu your comments go directly to those within MS who
have input on product development.
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
On 2/10/10 5:12 PM, in article (e-mail address removed)2ac0,
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