Mac Word Compatibility with PC Word 03/Tablet

[Jerry]

To anyone kind enough to help:

Had a quick question, I'm having a compatability issue moving word
files between a mac and a tablet pc and I was wondering if anyone knew
of the issue or its solution?

It does not appear to be document specific. Bottom line problem is
the tablet, which has MS Word03 can not open Mac Word 04 documents.
Compatability check on the mac shows nothing. Does not matter if the
document is sent with a .doc extension or not.

Any pointer to help?

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Are you emailing the documents? If so, it may be a question of how the
attachment is encoded by the email program.

A Mac email program, Entourage, has this to say in Help:

About attachment encodings
When you choose an encoding format, it is helpful to understand how
Macintosh files differ from files created on other computers. Macintosh
files include additional resource information that files created on other
types of computers do not. If you are sending a data file, such as a
Microsoft Word document or Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, such resource
information may not be necessary. However, if you are sending something more
complex, such as a program, to another Macintosh computer, you must choose
an encoding format that preserves all the data.
The AppleDouble encoding format preserves the additional resource
information, and can be read by both Macintosh and other types of computers.
AppleDouble is a good choice for your default encoding format; it works most
of the time with most computers. However, if AppleDouble fails, you can
choose a different encoding format depending on the type of computer you are
sending the attachment to:
€ To send an attachment to a Macintosh computer, use BinHex, which
preserves the Macintosh resource information and data.
€ To send an attachment to a Windows-based computer, use MIME/Base 64,
which preserves the data only.
€ To send an attachment to a UNIX computer, use UUEncode, which preserves
the data only.

DM

 

[John McGhie]

How are you trying to open the document, and what indication are you getting
when you do?

You may have a corrupt document there, or the document may be linked to a
printer or a template that is not available on the tablet. If it is,
opening will succeed but it will be very slow.

Hope this helps

To anyone kind enough to help:

Had a quick question, I'm having a compatability issue moving word
files between a mac and a tablet pc and I was wondering if anyone knew
of the issue or its solution?

It does not appear to be document specific. Bottom line problem is
the tablet, which has MS Word03 can not open Mac Word 04 documents.
Compatability check on the mac shows nothing. Does not matter if the
document is sent with a .doc extension or not.

Any pointer to help?

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Consultant Technical Writer
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