[X4U] Opening Word 2007 Vista on an Intel Mac

[Randy B. Singer]

On Jul 13, 2008, at 3:58 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?

They need to be translated from the ".docx" format to ".doc".  There  
are several translators available, these are all free:

- Microsoft Office Open XML File Format Converter for Mac (free)
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.mspx
(Scroll to bottom of page, under Products click on Additonal Tools,  
it will be one of the choices in the Downloads column)

- docx (free)
http://docx-converter.com/

- docX converter widget (free):
http://docx-converter.com/widget/
http://widgets.yahoo.com/widgets/docx-converter


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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)

Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
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