Opening a .docm file

From my understanding, a .docm file is an office 2007 file with embedded macros. My instructor sent me a .docm file via email, and I have been unable to open it with iWork 09. My buddy who got the same email was able to open it with his version of windows. Any ideas on why iWork wont open it?

Try opening it with the free neooffice office "clone." It can't hurt and will be cheaper than going with ms office.

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Our engineers are opening some 2003 documents with macros and converting them to 2007 .docm files. When they open up one file, the add-in toolbar is there with all the dropdown items and macros. When they open another file, the toolbar is there
but no dropdown and macros exist on the toolbar. Anyone can reproduce the issue on another computer. We also tried turning on and off trusting the macros and the same thing happens. Here is some of the different ways the engineer tried:
In Word 2007:
I disabled the trusted location I added (My Documents).
I disabled Trust access to the VBA project object model.
I set macro security to Disable all macros with notification.
Observations:
When I open the first document (*.docm) and enable the content the calculation toolbar menu items are present.
When I open the second document (*.docm) and enable the content the calculation toolbar is present with no menu items.
It doesn’t matter how I open the files (i.e., from Windows Explorer or recent files).
It doesn’t matter the order the files are opened as long as the macros are enabled in the order the files were opened.
If the first document is a *.doc and the second is a *.docm then this behavior is observed.
If the first document is a *.docm and the second is a *.doc then this behavior is
not observed.
I tried the following sequence:
1.
Open file A:
a.
Toolbar present, menu items present, macros disabled.
2.
Open file B:
a.
File A - Toolbar present, menu items present, macros disabled.
b.
File B - Toolbar present, menu items missing, macros disabled.
3.
Enable macros in file B:
a.
File B - Toolbar present, menu items missing, macros enabled (can run the macros manually).
b.
File A - Toolbar present, menu items present, macros disabled.
4.
Enable macros in file A:
a.
File A - Toolbar present, menu items
missing, macros enabled (can run the macros manually).
b.
File B - Toolbar present, menu items
present, macros enabled.
5.
Close File A:
a.
File B - Toolbar present, menu items present, macros enabled.
6.
Re-Open File A:
a.
File A - Toolbar present, menu items present, macros disabled.
b.
File B - Toolbar present, menu items present, macros enabled.
7.
Enable macros in file A:
a.
File A - Toolbar present, menu items missing, macros enabled (can run the macros manually).
b.
File B - Toolbar present, menu items present, macros enabled.
8.
Close File B:
a.
File A - Toolbar present, menu items present, macros enabled.
9.
Re-Open File A:
a.
File A - Toolbar present, menu items present, macros enabled.
b.
File B - Toolbar present, menu items missing, macros disabled
10.
Enable macros in file B:
a.
File A - Toolbar present, menu items present, macros enabled.
b.
File B - Toolbar present, menu items missing, macros enabled (can run the macros manually).
I stopped after that…

Are the files all based off the same template and has that template been converted?
Click on Developer Tab, choose Document Template. At the top under Document Template, see what the template name is.
If the template is still it dot format, try converting it to the new format. Make a backup of the dot file first.
Under the developer tab, try attaching the converted template to the files and see if this makes a difference.
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- The users are usually working on the files all day
- It is always the bottom lines of code that are lost. It could be a case of the two versions being mixed up and cutting off the newly added lines based on the line count (possibly).
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Is there a way that there can be a featured implemented on the server that doesn't allow another user to open a file if it is already open on another machine?
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Your server file handling has nothing, and really nothing to do with Adobe software. If files don't get locked for (over-)writing and/or lose connection to the program opening them, then your server is misconfigured. It's as plain and simple and that. Anything from "known file types"/ file associations not being set correctly, MIME types being botched, crooked user privileges and file permissions, missing Mac server extensions, delayed file writing on the server, generic network timeout issues and what have you. Either way, you have written a longwinded post with no real value since you haven't bothered to provide any proper technical info, most notably about the alleged server. Either way, the only way you can "fix" it is by straightening out your server and network configuration, not some magic switch in Adobe's software.
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I'll give it a go. Don't really like messing with the registry on Windows boxes. Yes you can do it, but it can end up being a case of the operation was a success, but the patient died.
Just was rather hoping someone else had already experienced this problem and posted the registry tweak. Didn't want spend hours reinventing the wheel. Not because I'm lazy, but I have so many demands on my time that resolving a minor issue that effects me only seems like it should be pretty low priority.
The system I'm using is brand new, but the problem seems to have followed me regardless which may indicate that it is seated in my synchronization information somehow. Really don't know how that could happen as I'm not an Adobe engineer or have the remotest idea where to even start looking. So I think I'll mark your suggestion as the "Answer" and just learn to live with it.
Windows eh! Can't live with - can't live without it. I'm sure Mac can be just as temperamental. Just have to chalk this one up as being just another ghost in the machine.
Thanks for all the advice you have kindly offered, much appreciated.
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