Microsoft recently released a converter that allows word 2004 to read docx files. I got it as part of a recent auto update. Norm Sent from my iPhone On Jul 13, 2008, at 7:08, Linda <xpressobean at mac.com> wrote: > On 7/13/08 5:58 AM, Roy van der Westhuizen wrote: > > A friends wife works at a University in Lesotho, using Word 2007 on > a Windows Vista machine. Her husband has an Intel Macbook. She says > she cannot open her Word docs on his Macbook if transferred to it. > Is this a Vista, Word 2007 problem or what? > > > What version of Office/Word is used on the Macbook? If it's Word > 2004, and she's saving .docx out of World 2007, then the docs won't > open; she'll need to save them with a .doc rather than.docx extension. > > If the Macbook is running Word 2008, they should open fine. > > Another possibility is that she's using Word 2007 on a Windows > partition on the Macbook -- is this the case? > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > > Seven Cent Deals - Great legacy stuff Great Legacy Price > http://www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?cat=Seven+Cent+Deal -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/attachments/20080713/3db9a5e1/attachment.html