Word 2004 files placed in Pagemaker lose styles

[DaveBunting]

Word 2004 files placed in Pagemaker v.6.52 or v.7.0.1 lose their styles, come
in as "No Style." This is a major pain for files with many style changes.

This occurs only for files made in Word 2004 v.11.5 or later.

However files made in Word 2004 versions up to v.11.4.1 do bring styles when
placed in Pagemaker.

If we must downgrade a computer to a Word version compatible with Pagemaker,
we could uninstall Office. In Applications/Microsoft Office/Additional
Tools/Remove Office, run Remove Office at least three times.

Then reinstall from our Word 2004 install CD, which should be version
2004.v.11.1 which is compatible with Pagemaker. You'll need your Office 2004
install key. If after install you check and find it has installed
v.2004v.11.5, you must uninstall again and find an older Word 2004 CD.

For increased security and bug fixes, if you have time, you should then also
run Office 2004 updaters from 11.3.6 through 11.4.1 downloaded from:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...roductID=907DA265-A4B4-43BF-93C9-5D1D0A73FFA4

but DON'T UPDATE BEYOND Office 2004v.11.4.1

Be sure to turn Microsoft AutoUpdate to Manual so it never runs! It's in
Applications folder.

Word 2004 v.11.4.1 is the version on our computer which still makes Word
text files which bring their styles into Pagemaker.

WORD 2004 Version 2004v.11.5 makes documents with styles which, when Placed,
are NOT brought into Pagemaker.

To find out the version of Office installed on a computer, on that computer
go to Applications/Microsoft Office/Office/Microsoft Component Plugin and do
Get Info on Microsoft Component Plugin. The version shown will be the Office
version update on that computer.

Again, on our computer whose Word version (About Word shows as 11.3. is
still compatible with Pagemaker, Get Info on Microsoft Component Plugin shows
Office as version 11.4.1.

Upgrading Pagemaker to v.7.0.1 still does not bring text styles from Word
2004v.11.5 into Pagemaker. I tried.

 

[CyberTaz]

Hello David;

I don't contest your findings, but neither do they surprise me at all. There
were no changes made to Mac Office 11, however, that altered the file format
or the manner in which Styles were handled. It seems, though, that you're
omitting a major factor from your equation - OS X, itself.

Pagemaker was never revised for OS X (not even for 10.0) & the Office 2004
11.5 update requires OS X 10.2.8 or later. I'm not sure what kind of
compatibility you expect with that kind of disparity in operating
environment design. As Buko replied to your post of the same issue in the
Adobe Forum it's astounding that you're having any success at all with that
combination of ingredients... PM hasn't had an update in nearly 7 years.

It's also unclear as to what type of Styles you're referring to since PM
didn't support Character Styles in the first place.

There's a lot to be said for for the program that started the DTP
revolution, but by the same token you can't expect to win many contemporary
horse races if you insist on riding a dinosaur

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac