Word 6.0.1

[jdonenfeld]

Hi. I know that this is probably an OLD question,, BUT: I have Word
6.0.1..... That's it!!! nothing else. All I want to do is upgrade that
for Mac OS10.x.x.x capable, without buying all of the other krap!!! Is
it possible? Thankz, Jay.

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word]]

Hi Jay:

Phillip is correct, provided you accept that if you upgrade only Word, many
other things you will find in a Word document from a modern version of word
will not work.

Microsoft Office is a very interconnected set of applications: you will get
a bit frustrated with various things "not working" or "not displaying" or
"not possible".

Microsoft Office X should be available at a deep discount soon: I would
recommend you buy the whole thing. You do not have to "use" the other bits,
but things won't work properly if they're not there

The problem you have is that the Word Document file format changed between
Word 6 and Word 98. The old version won;t read the latest format. The
special converter (which is actually a program) available on the PC to get
around this is not available on the Mac.

Cheers

This responds to microsoft.public.mac.office.word on 12 Jul 2003 00:02:09
-0700, (e-mail address removed) (jdonenfeld):

Hi. I know that this is probably an OLD question,, BUT: I have Word
6.0.1..... That's it!!! nothing else. All I want to do is upgrade that
for Mac OS10.x.x.x capable, without buying all of the other krap!!! Is
it possible? Thankz, Jay.

Please post all comments to the newsgroup to maintain the thread.

John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. GMT + 10 Hrs
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]

 

[Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T.]

But if you buy and install Office2001 on OS 9 it will convert all your
6.0.1. Files.

I know that is additional expense. But should work around OfficeX's not
being able to read 6.0.1 files.

Hi Jay:

Phillip is correct, provided you accept that if you upgrade only Word, many
other things you will find in a Word document from a modern version of word
will not work.

Microsoft Office is a very interconnected set of applications: you will get
a bit frustrated with various things "not working" or "not displaying" or
"not possible".

Microsoft Office X should be available at a deep discount soon: I would
recommend you buy the whole thing. You do not have to "use" the other bits,
but things won't work properly if they're not there

The problem you have is that the Word Document file format changed between
Word 6 and Word 98. The old version won;t read the latest format. The
special converter (which is actually a program) available on the PC to get
around this is not available on the Mac.

Cheers

This responds to microsoft.public.mac.office.word on 12 Jul 2003 00:02:09
-0700, (e-mail address removed) (jdonenfeld):


Please post all comments to the newsgroup to maintain the thread.

John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. GMT + 10 Hrs
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]

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