templates

[llimbo72]

Hi there -

Recently a friend has told me about all the fantastic templates
available for PowerPoint and Word from Microsoft. When I went to the
website, though, it appears that all of them are Windows only. Is this
really true? Is there no common site where a person can download great
templates for Macs?

 

[CyberTaz]

Just because they're on the PC Office site doesn't mean they're PC-only.
Most will work with Mac Office as well. Some may require a little
'tweeking', but the only way to find out is to try any you're interested in.

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Word Mac has nowhere near the range of power functionality that Word
2003/2007 have. Many higher functions and features are just not there.

Microsoft restricts the templates offered to Mac users to those it KNOWS
will completely work with Word Mac.

However, our experience is that nearly all of the Word templates on the
Microsoft site are partly usable with Word Mac. Some of them will be
missing functionality, but nearly all of them will provide basic functions.

To obtain them, you need to force the system: we wrote an article explaining
how:
http://word.mvps.org/mac/Using-Windows-Templates.html

Cheers

Hi there -

Recently a friend has told me about all the fantastic templates
available for PowerPoint and Word from Microsoft. When I went to the
website, though, it appears that all of them are Windows only. Is this
really true? Is there no common site where a person can download great
templates for Macs?

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Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst, Consultant
Technical Writer.
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

 

[Beth Rosengard]

You will find some Mac templates here:
<http://www.microsoft.com/mac/resources/templates.aspx?pid=templates&browser
=1&app=&group=&category=&template=>

To use MSFT Windows templates, read this:
<http://word.mvps.org/mac/Using-Windows-Templates.html>

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Beth Rosengard
MacOffice MVP

Mac Word FAQ: <http://word.mvps.org/Mac/WordMacHome.html>
My Site: <http://www.bethrosengard.com>