Word and Excel Document produced in Windows 7

[savvy]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel Transferring Word and Excel docs created in Windows 7 to the Mac by CD will not open in Word 8 ! Should they and if so, how or won't they?

 

[Rob Schneider]

Should work but insufficient info in your posting to help.

1. maybe the cd is flawed
2. maybe you tried to open the file from the cd (I would think that
would not work since Word on Mac will expect to be able to write back to
the file)
3. you don't give any indication of the symptom of why it does not work.

Try copying the files from the cd to the Mac's hard disk and then open
those copies.


--rms

www.rmschneider.com

 

[John McGhie]

Works fine here.

What file extension do they have?

What is in the documents?

Have they been protected or encrypted? Word:Mac can't handle the
high-strength encryption Windows Word uses, so those won't open.

Cheers

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel
Transferring Word and Excel docs created in Windows 7 to the Mac by CD will
not open in Word 8 ! Should they and if so, how or won't they?

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matters unless you intend to pay!

 

[savvy]

Thanks for your help.

To be more precise -I've saved the CD to a new folder on Desktop and yes after double clicking any of the documents in it, they do open - Word docs in Word and Excel in Excel!

How do I save them to the Word and Excel programmes or do I have to leave them in the folder and always open them from there?

 

[John McGhie]

You do not save "files" to "applications". You may need to "associate" the
file name extensions with applications so that they open in the correct
application, but in your case, the fact that the files open in the correct
application shows that this has already been done.

On a modern Mac, all files should be in the Documents folder, and these
files should be in a folder within Documents, named with a name you will
remember when you next want them

So yes: leave them in a folder, make sure that folder is within your
Documents folder so it gets backed up in your normal backup run.

If you're not running a backup, now's the time to start. The only thing we
can tell you for sure is that one day (maybe tomorrow) your hard drive will
fail. When it does, you will lose the lot.

If you don't know where to start, look up Time Machine in the Mac Help.

Hope this helps

Thanks for your help.

To be more precise -I've saved the CD to a new folder on Desktop and yes after
double clicking any of the documents in it, they do open - Word docs in Word
and Excel in Excel!

How do I save them to the Word and Excel programmes or do I have to leave them
in the folder and always open them from there?

This email is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless you intend to pay!

 

[CyberTaz]

Windows 7 is an operating system, not a version of MS Office. It has nothing
to do with the probable cause. Assuming you mean Word 2008 (which is Word
12) it should be able to open the files created by most any version of
Windows Word going back to Office 97.

It sounds like you're trying to open the files directly from the CD, which
is where the problem is. Copy the files to your HD & see if you don't have
better luck. CDs are not replacements of floppy disks. They are a completely
different technology and are not usable for editable 'working' files. It's
best to use them only for long term storage of archives & backups. A better,
more functional & more economical method of transporting files from one
system to another is a USB memory stick. Even with those, copy the files
to/from the system's HD & work from there. Don't attempt to save directly to
or open files directly from the stick.

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