Need to open Word 8.0 on PC

[laurie_g]

Is there any way I can open a file created in Word 8.0 (MAC) on my PC with
Word 2003? I no longer have access to the MAC but need to open files
previously created on it.

laurie

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Laurie

I believe you can if you saved the Mac files with the .rtf extension..

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Laurie,

MS Word 97 for the PC (v8.0) shared the file format
with MS Word Mac98 (v8.0), there may be an issue
with the PC being able to read a MAC diskette in
some cases without an additional software utility.

=========Is there any way I can open a file created in Word 8.0 (MAC) on my PC with
Word 2003? I no longer have access to the MAC but need to open files
previously created on it.

laurie <<
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Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 Editions explained
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx

 

[laurie_g]

Thanks Mike, but I don't have access to the Mac any more. Am trying to locate
someone who has one.

 

[laurie_g]

Hi Bob
Do you know of any software, preferably FREE? as I only have 3 docs to
convert.

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Irfanview might read them, and might be able to save in a format that you
can work with.. not sure if you can copy text out of Irfanview and paste
into a Word doc, though..

You have little to lose and everything to gain.. it is free and downloads
easily as it is quite a small file.. good luck.

http://www.irfanview.com

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Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/user

 

[laurie_g]

Thanks for all your help. I will give it a try.
Laurie