Compatability with word

Hi -
I (like MikeBook Pro) have been trying to decide between the new iWork 08 suite and the new Microsoft suite for Mac. My problem is that while I would much prefer to use the Mac suite, I am concerned that documents I create in Pages will not be able to be read by Word users. Unfortunately I already had both versions on my computer but I foolishly let the trial period run out before I ran some experiments. I'm a student so my main concern is with simple documents created in Pages - sometimes I have to send papers to other students or to my professors and I need to be sure that microsoft users will be able to open my documents. Does anyone know if these two software suites are compatible?

They are compatible to a large extent. However, if you intend to send files to your professors, it is probably not enough that they probably will get basically the same format you see in Pages. You need to know that they get exactly the right format. And Pages cannot guarantee that.

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Compatability with Word 2003

I just downloaded ExportPDF. It seemed to convert ok to a docx file. Bu it wont open in Word 2003.

Hi
Microsoft offers a compatibility pack for earlier versions of Office that allows, for instance, Word 2003 to open Word 2007 documents. More info:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=3
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/open-a-word-2007-document-in-an-earlier-versio n-of-word-HA010044473.aspx
There will be some Docx features that behave differently or are substituted when opened in Word 2003. These are listed in the second web page link.
Regards,
Sarabjit Singh
QE Lead, Acrobat.com

Yosemite compatibility with microsoft word 2008

I had held off on upgrading to Mavericks because of the issues surrounding the compatibility with Microsoft Word 2008. I am a student and need to use Word to do my work as well as having all of my current documents, including my thesis, in 2008 format. I don't want to risk losing the information or the ability to do my work and I was wondering if there is any information about whether the issue of compatibility with this version had been fixed. I don't have the means to buy a new version of Microsoft but would very much like to be able to update my system since I am still using Mountain Lion.

There has been a better and free alternative to old versions of MS Word and MS Office since forever. Apache OpenOffice 4.1.1 is the latest version of a free and complete All-In-One document processor, spreadsheet, drawing, presentation, database, & formula software, found here: http://www.openoffice.org
It also reads, writes and translates MS Word, saves in many formats, and is pretty easy to use. It's entirely modern and compatible with all the latest Mac operating systems. Good luck.

Word 2007 compatibility with RoboHelp

Does anyone know if or when RoboHelp for Word will be
compatible with Word 2007? Can you even install RoboHelp X5 on
Office 2007 to use for RoboHelp HTML? I know that WinHelp is
deprecated for Vista. Although we have converted our ongoing
projects to WebHelp, we still have a large number of legacy help
projects that we are not going to convert.
I would like to find out if there will be a patch to make RH
X5 compatible with Office 2007, or if we need to wait until the
next full release of RoboHelp.

quote:
Originally posted by:
Andrea_L
relead: Do I understand correctly that RoboHelp X5 (whether
it's used for WinHelp or WebHelp) will not start up at all after
you have installed Office 2007? That is, were you able to open
RoboHelp HTML without first reinstalling Word 2003, or did Office
2007 just cause the whole program to hang?
I didn't work with RH for about half a year. In this period I
installed a new version of Norton Internet Security 2007 and MS
Office 2007. Initially my whole system hung, but there was a
workaround: let NIS stop scanning office documents on opening in
office.
I also installed IE7 and just a few days ago a friend of mine
reported a serious problem with Macro's in Excel in combination
with IE7.
So when I clicked the RH shortcut the other day and the
system started acting weird I had no idea what could cause the
problem.
The symptoms were this: RH did not open at all. Instead I've
got a dialogue box stating something like 'preparing installation'
with only a cancel button.
After waiting a wile a second dialogue opened stating
something like 'No connection to install server' with a retry and a
cancel button. Pressing the cancel button resulted in disappearing
the second dialogue, but the first remained until rebooting the
system.
Installing a previous version of word (in my case 2003
standard edition and completely stripped) did the trick for me!

I have a serious (and bizarre!) issue with my novation impulse (Although i've tried it with two other keyboards and i still have the same problem) and its compatibility with mainstage 3

i have a serious (and bizarre!) issue with my novation impulse (Although i've tried it with two other keyboards and i still have the same problem) and its compatibility with mainstage 3.
the problem is best explained on the following one - page thread:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3951518?start=0&tstart=0
(Clearly i'm not alone in this problem, although i think i figured out what's going wrong a little more than he did...read on!)
his solution, to put mainstage in jump mode, is very unsatisfactory to me, as it bounces all of a sudden to drastically different settings.
basically, my analysis is that my controller is NOT receiving MIDI date from mainstage. in other words, mainstage knows what my controller is doing, but my controller doens't know what mainstage is doing.
let's say i turn the knob all the way to the right ... 127...and the virtual fader goes to the right like it's supposed to.
now...next...let's say i change to a different patch, where that same VIRTUAL fader is not at the max clockwise position..maybe it's only at 1pm. now when i turn the physical knob to the RIGHT, the midi data is still at 127 on the controller! it didn't "reset" to sync up with the new level (say 80 or so) setting on the new patch. so i can't increase that new setting of 80 by continuing to turn the knob to the right. i have to turn it all the way to zero,...and then continue PAST zero until the controller thinks that IT is at 0...at that point the controller and mainstage are in agreement, and things work fine....so bascially, the keyboard thinks the level is at max...but mainstage thinks the level is at 1pm.
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Hi Josh,
Thanks for taking the time to contact us here a Novation for technical support. Lets continue to correspond via email so we can get your issue resolved.
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Mike Towns

Unable to edit document using "Edit with Word" option

Hi All,
i am having an issue with Office web apps. i am using SharePoint 2013 and Office web apps 2013. all the configurations have been done successfully. but i have a different kind of issue.
i am able to open documents in browser
i am able to edit document using " edit with word/excel web" option
but i am unable to edit document using "edit with word/excel" option
i have Office 2010 installed on my local machine.
do we need to have MS office of 2013 version? or is there anything missing from configuration part.
Please help me.
Thank You,
Bhaskar.

Hi,
According to your post, my understanding is that you could not use the "edit with word/excel" option.
I had tested the issue with the Office 2010, the option worked well.
You don’t need to install the Office 2013 to use this option.
What did you mean “but i am unable to edit document using "edit with word/excel" option
Did you mean the option gray out? Did the issue occur in other browsers?
You can use compatibility mode to check whether it works.
Open IE->Tools->Compatibility View Settings
You can also add the site into Trusted sites.
Open the IE->Internet Options->Security->Sites->add the site into the Websites, then check whether it works.
What's more, you can also use other browsers to check whether it works, such as Firefox, Chrome.
Thanks & Regards,
Jason
Jason Guo
TechNet Community Support

Acrobat 10 comparability with Word in Office 2000

I am still using Office 2000 (cause I like it so please don't suggest I upgrade to a newer version of Office) and having installed a new hard-drive downloaded the trial version of Acrobat X. If I like it then planning to buy it. When Acrobat X is installed, Word locks up during launch but if I remove Acrobat X (add/remove programs in control panel) then Word works perfectly. This was not the case with an earlier version of Adobe on another computer (don't remember how many versions ago) but this feels like there is some new feature in Acrobat X that is incompatible with Word 2000. The same problem happens whether I am using XP - service pack 3 or Windows 7 so I don't think this is an OS issue. As background this machine is a Dell Latitude E5400 with an Intel P8700 dual core processor running at 2.53 Gig with 2 Gig of Ram. Any ideas on a solution? Does Adobe sell earlier versions of Acrobat? Thanks,

Does Adobe sell earlier versions of Acrobat?
No.
Regarding compatibility of Acrobat / MS Word versions; if using the PDFMaker installed by Acrobat you'll want to review
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/333/333504.html
which address PDFMaker compatible applications.
Acrobat 8 was the last version to support MS Office 2000 applications.
Be well...

Document Compatability with Windows

If you type a document using an apple program and send it to someone with a normal computer running windows, will they be able to read the document or do you have to type it in a windows program. And conversely if I type something in WORD and send it to someone with an apple computer who only has apple software, will they be able to read it or do they have to install MS Word on their apple computer.
I am asking because I am thinking of purchasing a laptop and am toying with the idea of buying a Mac Book, however I have some concerns about apple's compatability with normal computers an don't want to spend all that money and find I can no longer work and talk with people unless they have an apple to.

Thankyou for your reply. It is a bit dissapointing though. I don't know whether I can really justify spending so much money on a laptop that has limited compatibility with the rest of the computing populus. If I am going to have to load something like Mac for windows on it so that I can still communicate with the world and work effectively then it some how defeats the purpose of buying an apple. I guess I will just have to buy a dell laptop or something, eventhough it will be far cheaper and more loaded for the price it will not be as pretty as the Macs. Is a shame, but I need to have the compatability.
One last question, with the extra cost and interoperability limitations owning an Apple, I am now confused as to what the attraction is, except for the obvious cosmetics. Anyway, I am very dissappointed, I sort of had my heart set on one.
Thanks again )

Weird problems of figures with word to pdf conversion

Platform: Windows Vista
Word 2007
Acrobat 9
Q: I have some wmf format vector figures inserted into word file. When I convert the word file into pdf format using the built-in pdfmaker button in the word menu, the vector graphics all become bitmap type. If I use print to pdf commond, the graphics are still vector format. Because I want to retain the Heading markers and other bookmarkers in the converted pdf file, I prefer using the pdfmaker for the conversion.
Does anyone know how to fix it? it used to work in my old computer with acrobat 8 and word 2003. Not sure whether it is a compatability issue.

You may want to be open to issues of WORD 2007, particularly if using a docx format. It may not be the issue you are having, but I have found problems with WORD itself for graphics. In some cases, it will take a nice graphic and split it into parts when creating a PDF. I am not sure what all the issues are, but WORD 2007 seems to be part of the problem, not just Acrobat. In fact, I have seen WORD take a vector graphic and change the fonts to a graphic, rather then leave them as a font in such a graphic - that was with a docx file. I am not saying WORD is the problem, but be open to alternate explanations of what is going on.

My APE11 gets an Unable to use plug-in It's not compatable with this version of Photoshop

My APE 11 will read my Canon 70D raw file since I used the 8.3. In the organiser but as soon as I got to Edit the Raw file it just come up " Unable to use Camera Raw Plug-in" " It is not compatable with this version of Photoshop" No photo in the screen at all just a blank area with the raw sliders. And the box with the wording unable to use etc.

PortalPacific wrote:
…Here is the file im having trouble with. You can download it here if you are interested in taking a look: …http://portalpacific.net/movieposter.psd
I downloaded it and looked at it. Even Graphic Converter can't recover any pixels or meaningful data, just some general information:
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Your file is toast Sorry.

OPA 10.4.2 Compatibility with PeopleTools 8.52

Hi,
We would like to inquire if OPA 10.4.2 will work with PeopleTools 8.52. Thanks!
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With Windows 8 and Word 2013 now out is there a timeframe for OPM 10.4.2 to be compatible with these products?
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WinHelp 2000 with Word 2003

My company asked me to learn Robohelp and create a document,
so I learned from Adobe Robohelp 6 but they supplied me with
Macromedia X5. The HTML part works fine, but I need to create a
Winhelp 2000 hlp. output. When I import Word documents into Winhelp
2003, it spews out error messages, jumbles exhibits and headings,
and created Topics and Mid-topic IDs at random--that is, when it
doesn't lock up completely. Am I missing something? I downloaded
updates, so it should work with Word 2003, but its lack of function
is appaling. I have lost days trying to install and then debug this
software on this and am desperate. Is there a fix or a workaround?
I have downloaded a converter for chm to hlp, but it doesn't
output with the proper skin. Help! (And thanks)

Hi
Microsoft offers a compatibility pack for earlier versions of Office that allows, for instance, Word 2003 to open Word 2007 documents. More info:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=3
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/open-a-word-2007-document-in-an-earlier-versio n-of-word-HA010044473.aspx
There will be some Docx features that behave differently or are substituted when opened in Word 2003. These are listed in the second web page link.
Regards,
Sarabjit Singh
QE Lead, Acrobat.com

Has anyone successfully gotten Endnote X5 to work with Word 2011 on OS 10.7.5?

I just get the error in Word that Word can't fire the event. The Endnote toolbar does not show up in Word.

Endnote sys that X5 is not compatible with Mountain Lion due to a "bug" in the OS and suggests buying their "new" Endnote X6. They also offered two workarounds so far that have not worked saying that it is Apples responsibility to fix this "bug". Their support replied to me as follows:
Thank you for contacting Thomson Reuters Technical Support.
EndNote X5 is not officially compatible with Mac 10.8. The issue that you face is due to a known bug in Mac 10.8.2 update for Apple's Mountain Lion operating system.
If you would like to read a technical description of this underlying bug within Apple's 10.8.2 operating system update, the following blog post outlines the issue:
http://brian-webster.tumblr.com/post/32830692042/a-workaround-for-aesendmessage- hanging-on-os-x-10-8-2
For more information on EndNote’ compatibility please refer to the following link:
http://help.thomson.com/default.asp?portalid=TSCINT&article=113230
In order to work around this issue until the underlying problem is addressed by Apple, please follow the steps given below:
1. Open your Activity Monitor. Activity Monitor is found inside a folder called "Utilities", which is inside your "Applications" folder.
2. With the Activity Monitor running, choose "All Processes" from the "Show" drop-down and then sort the display by the "Process Name" column by clicking the column's label.
3. After sorting this list by Process Name, look for a process called 'appleeventsd'. If you are able to find the appleeventsd process, highlight this entry and click "Quit Process".
4. When you are prompted to confirm this action, press "Force Quit".
5. Once appleeventsd has been reset by the Force Quit selection, switch back to EndNote to see if you're still experiencing slowness.
6. Also try inserting citations in Word and see if you are getting any error message.
As you mentioned, EndNote X6.0.2 update was released to address this issue. Since you have EndNote X5 you will not be able to install this patch for a permanent fix on this. And since you already own a previous version of EndNote, you will be entitled for an upgrade version of EndNote X6. These upgrade versions are priced lesser than the full versions. For EndNote X4 and X5 users, they will be entitled for a 30% discount on this upgrade price considering this bug. If you wish to avail this offer, please visit:http://endnote.com/buy/online and use the coupon code: techup.
Please visit the following Knowledge Base article for more information:
http://help.thomson.com/default.asp?portalid=TSC&article=123873
If you wish to use EndNote X5 and if the tools are still missing in Word, please make sure that the Visual basic component for Microsoft Word 2011 is installed. Visual Basic is required for the use of EndNote X5 with Word 2011. If it is not installed, run a custom installation of Office 2011, selecting Visual Basic for Applications. This component of Office is mandatory for Cite While You Write tools to work.
If the issue continues, it possible that the issue can happen if the Word documents Gallery is set to open. Please check to make sure this option is not checked in Word.
1) In Word, go to the Word menu / Preferences / General.
2) Uncheck the option labeled Open Word Documents Gallery when application opens.
3) Press OK.
4) Quit Word by going to Word menu / Quit Word.
5) Open EndNote with your library.
6) Open Word.
This will get the EndNote toolbar appearing in Word. If the issue continues, it is possible that the EndNote Cite While You Write add-ins might be disabled in Word. Please follow the below steps to re-enable the tools as follows:
a. Open a Word document.
b. Go to "Tools > Templates and Add-Ins".
c. You should see the below EndNote files listed under "Global Templates and Add-ins"
EndNote CWYW Commands.dot
EndNote CWYW Word 2011.bundle
d. If any of these file(s) are unchecked, check it, and click OK.
If the above files are not listed in "Global Templates and Add-ins", then I would recommend you to follow the steps given to check the Word Startup folder and set that in the Customizer:
1. In Word, click the Word menu next to the apple and choose Preferences.
2. Click File Locations.
3. Click on Startup and then click Modify.
4. Browse to Applications---Microsoft Office 2011---Office---Startup---Word. Click Choose. (Please note: For non English version of Word, the name of the Startup folder may be different. Please choose your closest language equivalent in this location).
5. Click OK on the Preferences window.
6. Close Word.
7. Open EndNote and your library.
8. Click on the EndNote menu next to the apple.
9. Choose Customizer.
10. Check the option for Cite While You Write. Click Next.
11. Click Next and the process should complete----click “Done”.
If the tools are still not present in the Tools menu of Word, please close Word then copy and paste the EndNote CWYW Word 2011.bundle file into your Word startup folder:
Bundle file: Applications | EndNote X5 | Cite While You Write | EndNote CWYW Word 2011.bundle
Word startup folder: Applications | Microsoft Office 2011 | Office | Startup | Word
Close and reopen Word. Please check whether the EndNote tools appear in Word and that you are able to click on them.
Once again I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused. Please check if this helps in resolving your issue and kindly let me know if you need any further assistance.
Based on the solution provided above, this case will be closed and no further action is required on your part. However, if this does not resolve your issue, please reply to this email and your case will be immediately reopened for additional support.
Sincerely,
Hema
Hema Vetrivel
Product Support Analyst
Thomson Reuters

Appleworks docs and compatibility with iWorks application?

Appleworks docs and compatibility with iWorks application? Does it exists? I do not have iWorks and will soon be upgrading my op sys to 10.4 (it really is in the mail) I currentl have 10.2.8
I use AppleWorks a great deal. Does iWorks replace it? or enhance it?
Will AppleWorks be upgraded or is 6.2.9 the last iteration?

Welcome to Apple Discussions SYGWS
iWork (no "s") is not an application, but the name given to the package of two applications, Keynote & Pages.
Keynote is a presentation application that can open AppleWorks 6 presentation files & PowerPoint files. I haven't use Keynote other than to view a few presentation. You probably can find a lot of information by searching the Keynote forum.
Pages is the word processing/page layout application in iWork. Pages is able to open AppleWorks 6 word processing document as well as Word, text & RTF documents. It is not able to open any other AppleWorks documents or older Word documents (I'm not sure how far back it goes). Pages 1 (iWork '05) will not display floating spreadsheet frames in AppleWorks 6 word processing documents, Pages 2 can. Pages 2 has limited spreadsheet functions available in tables (as does Keynote 3, both in iWork '06). Pages can export as PDF, Word, plain text, RTF & HTML (HTML export is disappointing to say the least). It cannot export as AppleWorks (any version).
No one here knows for sure if AppleWorks will ever get another update & those that do have signed non-disclosure agreements, but it is extremely unlikely. In the iWork ’05 press release iWork is said to be "building the successor to AppleWorks."
Many users here, like me, use Pages for what it does so well & AppleWorks for what it does that iWork doesn't (at least not yet) - databases, spreadsheets & drawing.

How can I resolve an issue with Word 2013 incompatibility errors?

My Client is continually having issues with his Office 2013 installation, specially with Word 2013.
After re-installing Office 2013, he gets the following error when trying to run Word.
When he clicks on the Repair now, he gets the following error;
He used the Microsoft uninstall tolll to fully remove Office 2013 before re-installing Office 2013.
His PC is running Windows 8.1
Any help would be appreciated.

Hi,
Do other Office applications occur the same issue?
Based on this error message, I find a similar issue.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2013_release-word/keep-getting-error-were-sorry-but-word-has-run/b9a014db-c4c6-46aa-95b1-679308735f66?page=5
You can follow Mpw1979’s reply, here is detail information.
“When I tried to change the compatibility mode on Winword.exe I found there were no options available so I right clicked and selected Troubleshoot Compatibility.
From here select Troubleshoot Program then tick I Can't See My Problem Listed and then select Windows 8 from the next screen and apply the changes and it worked.
I should also note I had Abbyy finereader installed and the plugin was causing Word to crash so i simply opened in safe mode and disabled the plug-in.”
Regards,
Greta Ge
TechNet Community Support
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