recent switchher, cant open PC WORD file in Mac

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  1. rotawheelswrx

    rotawheelswrx Member

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    Both me and my wife just switched to the world of MACS. Everything is great, except for a songbook my wife is working on for a few months now does not want to open in her new Mac with MS Office.

    It is a .doc file created in her old PC. When she tries to open it using the MAC, an error message appears saying that the file could not be opened cause frames is not supported.

    Any way she can open that file in a MAC?

    [Edited on 7.3.05 by rotawheelswrx]
     
    #1 rotawheelswrx, Jul 4, 2005
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    have you installed Word for Mac? :)
     
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    sorry, just realised you mentioned Office for Mac....

    if she used a LATER version of Word in her old PC, then and older version of Word in the new Mac won't open it.
     
    #3 rogue, Jul 4, 2005
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    hey mic, if the file is not too big, you can email it to me and i can try to open it on my mac and see if i can save it back properly..

    welcome nga pala to philmug :)
     
    #4 hungryalien, Jul 4, 2005
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    Try opening the file again on MS Office for Windows then save it as an older version of a Word document file or an rtf file format. Then try to open it in Office for Mac again.
     
    #5 alfiesy, Jul 4, 2005
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    Renaming the file name by adding a .doc extension...that's the trick i use to fix files on my ibook that won't open. :) good luck!
     
    #6 soulstar, Jul 4, 2005
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    Thanks guys will try your suggestions.

    Kai,

    If all else fails, I'll e-mail it you. Thanks. Made the switch na rin to the world of MAC. Now, I know what everyone here is raving about;)
     
    #7 rotawheelswrx, Jul 4, 2005
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    if there's no formatting to be kept... try saving it as a text file (*.txt) and open using MS Word.. this might also help...
     
    #8 dbh1104, Jul 4, 2005
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    TextEdit can read .doc files as well with limited formatting support.
     
    #9 mgd, Jul 4, 2005
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    i think we have the latest version of Office (2004) against 2003 in win...
     
    #10 Gomi, Jul 4, 2005
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