[Ti] [OT] Microsoft Office : PC versus Mac

[Rick Banuelos]

on 4/14/03 2:16 PM, Trevor J. Hutley at hutley at geneva-link.ch wrote:

> 
> I have a friend who, as a result of seeing my Ti-500 demonstrated and
> in action, is thinking of moving from PC laptop to Mac.
> 
> A Switcher !
> 
> But many people have told him that Microsft Office (specifically
> Word) documents are not comaptible between PC and Mac.  Since these
> are the dociuments that are the mainstay of his work (as a
> consultant) he is now worried about switching.
> 
> As far as I know, the Office documents since 1997 have been using the
> same file format, PC or Mac, and so there should be no compatibility
> issues, these days.
> 
> Does anyone have anything tosay about this, or any Link to point me
> to, for "Chapter and Verse" on the compatibility issue.
> 
> This would be make-or-break information, as to whether my friend switches.
> 
> All insight welcome.
> 


In all my experience, I've NEVER had a compatability problem in Office at
all. Just my .02