Word compatibility

I just received my spring syllabus for my history class. My professor said we would submit papers online. She also said to use ms word. Am i gonna have to buy ms office or is pages gonna pull me through.

It depends upon your professor's detailed requirements.
You can export documents from Pages in Word format but not all Pages formatting will translate. This may result in your document having undesirable appearance.
Your professor may dictate a particular formatting style for your paper which may be difficult to produce in Pages. Academic formats often require particular heading number structures, table of contents formats and footnote, endnote or bibliography structures.
If your professor intends to submit feedback on your paper using Word's markup tools on your original document, you will not be able to read her feedback properly using Pages.
You need to discuss the issue with your professor. It may be that she will accept pdf as an alternative in which case Pages is likely to be fine subject to the formatting caveats described above.
Once consolation is that you should be able to obtain Microsoft Office quite cheaply as a student (although not as cheap as Pages). Even if you worked on the document now in Pages, all the text you develop could be cut and pasted to Word later. You never know, your professor may be a closet Mac fan
Good luck with your paper.

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I am receiving an issue within Word when trying to save a document. When saving, Word wants me to run a "compatibility report". The issue I am having with this report is that I get the same results each time: "results of word 6.0/95 compatibility options are set". I have followed the instruction to set the default compatibility to "Microsoft Word 2000 - 2004 and X" but still receive the same error message. Is there a way to have the word document save without having compatibility issues?

If you don't get an answer here, the forum for Word is:
http://www.officeformac.com/ProductForums/Word

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I've been using RH X5.02 (Build 801) for some time. I frequently create printed documentation using Microsoft Word 2003. Recently, our tech support team finally decided to upgrade us all to Office 2007. Of course, now RH won't create printed documentation to Word; I get an error that says RH is not compatible with the new version of Word. I've installed all the RH updates that seem relevant to no avail. In the meantime, I've had to revert back to using Word 2003 to create printed documentation. However, the tech support team is telling that I will have to upgrade to Word 2007 soon due to company-wide compatibility issues. Here's what I want to know:
1) Am I missing an update that will allow me to use Word 2007 with RH X5? If so, which one?
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3) What versions of Word are compatible with RH8 for making printed documentation?
Thanks!

Hope Leon will not mind me hopping in but just a few days ago Adobe confirmed to me that the upgrade price applies to X5 and up. You are eligible.
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Word Compatability

When I create a document in Word, I know I have to save it as a .doc file in order for it to be readable on a pc; however, every time I do this, as I go to save the compatability report shows that there is an issue: Word 6.0/95 compatability options are set. In order to remedy the problem just as the report instructs me, I go to Word - Preferences - Compatability - and under recommended options, I choose Microsoft Word 2000-2004 and X, and then I click ok. But when I run the compatability report again, it STILL says the options are set at Word 6.0/95 when clearly I just changed them? Can anyone help?
Also, in the process of trying to fix this, I may have chosen Microsoft 2000-2004 and X as the default settings. What are the default settings and how do I get back to them / do I need to?
(reasons for the needed compatability: I'm a student typing notes on a mac, and have free printing from the library pc's).
Thanks.

You might also want to ask this in the forum for Word problems:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.mac.office.word/topics

Word Compatability with RoboHelp X3

What versions of Microsoft Word are compatible with RoboHelp
X3, in terms of converting a Web Help project to printed
documentation? I know at one time it was limited to Word 2000, but
I don't know if it has been expanded to include Word XP.

No. The last version to include Rh for Word was Rh10. Is there a specific reason for wanting to stick with Rh for Word? There is a learning curve with Rh HTML but it shouldn't be too difficult.
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Problems with Word Compatability

I have several hundred pages of lecture notes with thousands of formulas saved on Word 2007 on my Toshiba. When I switched them over to MacWord 2008, the equations have simply turned into placeholders. Are there any programs (iWork 2009, etc.) that will remedy this problem instead of simply turning it into a PDF (I still want to revise these notes). I have tried Open Office.

Please post questions regarding Microsoft Office on Microsoft's own forums for their Mac products:
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Word compatibility Updates

I absolutely LOVE the iPad and Pages.
When transferring Word documents to the iPad / Pages there are some frustrating incompatibilities that I hope will be corrected soon.
1) Unrecognized TimesNewRoman font is replaced with TimesNewRomanXXXX (with a unique suffix). OK but what is the purpose because no Mac or PC has the unique iPad font with suffix abbreviation.
2) Colored text is converted to black -- so valuable highlights or other special markings you depend on disappear
3) Color highlighting is removed -- again this makes it unnecessarily difficult to use the iPad version to focus on things that need to be adjusted or changed in the document.
4) Table of Contents is distorted -- the right justification of page numbers is converted to a fixed number of hyphens which defeats the purpose of making the Table of Contents easy to read. This should be a fairly easy thing to fix.
I am offering these observations to encourage the next round of improvements -- NOT start a flame war or offend anyone. As I said ... I love the iPad and Pages ... just would like it to be as good as it can be for fairly simple things.

Make sure you repeat your post in the channel where Apple goes to find this kind of comments:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/pages_ipad.html

WORD COMPATIBILITY ISSUE

I just recently switched to a Macbook Pro and used the Migration Assistant to transfer all my files from my PC to my new Mac. I have installed Microsoft Office on my new Macbook as well. I opened a file today, tried to edit it, and then save my work and I keep getting an error message:
I tried right-clicking on the file, going to the get info tab, changing the sharing/permissions to read & write rather than read only and I keep getting the message. I have a feeling there is a simple solution to fix this, I just haven't found it yet...Any thoughts?

You are current with Yosemite, but are you current (Update 14.4.6) with Office for Mac 2011? There were Yosemite compatibility fixes in 14.4.5 and this last update.

Adobe Acrobat Standard8.1/MS Office Word compatibility issues

I have a new lap top with Windows XP, MS Office 2007, and Acrobat Standard 8.1. I am trying to convert a file to pdf. The MS Office Word document uses the Table of Contents, Table of Figures, and Bibliography/citations features, among others. In the Acrobat ribbon (Acrobat PDFMaker)/Preferences, I have the "Convert Word Headings to Bookmarks," the "Convert cross-references and table of contents," and "Convert footnote and end note links" marked. On the Settings tab, everything except "Create PDF/A-1a:2005 compliant file" and "Attach source file to Adobe PDF" are marked. Whew!
When I then use the "Create PDF" option in Word, my files starts to convert and then just stops--no message, nothing. If I try to convert the file from inside Adobe Acrobat using "Create PDF/From File...", I get the following message: "An unexpected error occurred. PDFMaker was unable to produce the Adobe PDF."
My IS&T department contacted Adobe and was told that Acrobat Standard 8 does not support the MS Office Word features I noted above (TOC, TOF, Bib). Previously I used Standard 2003(?) and TOC worked there.
I have scanned the ENTIRE forum and do not see that anyone has had this issue before. What am I doing wrong? And/or any suggestions?

This has been going on for a year now with Acrobat 8 and all of its updates. The bottom line is that they are still not truly compatible with Office 2007, esp. if you are running XP. About 75% of the functions in Acrobat still don't work- for instance, it absolutely will not let you create a multi-document pdf.
I have spend hours over the last year with the highest level tech guys at Acrobat and the bottom line is that the two peices of software don't work well together because Acrobat now views MS as a competitor and vice versa. They didn't share code information with one another on Vista-Office 2007-Acrobat 8, so they simply don't function well.

How to save a Pages document as a Word file

I downloaded the new version of Pages hoping for better Word compatibility. To be honest I can't see any difference in the compatibility.
Apple says on their page for Pages 5.0 that you can save Pages documents as Word files. "You can save Pages documents as Word files. Or import and edit Word documents right in Pages." Since they say "save" and not "export", I figured I could treat it like I would in Word. Do I still have to export the document or can I now just save it as a Word file without ending with duplicates?

You have to Export.
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Word processing, alternatives?

I have Appleworks installed on my PB. It works for everything I need to use it for. I will be purchasing iWork soon for the Keynote feature for my public programs. However, the GOV Agency I work for uses MS XP for all the work computers. What I need is a word processing program that I can use to generate text documents on my PB that I can save on a CD or flash drive in .doc format that XP will read and print so I can do work away from the office. I don't want to spend $350+ on Office:mac. I have heard about NeoOffice. Any thoughts on that program. All I need is the word processing component. Any other alternatives? El P

Hi, El Perdido.
All third-party alternatives to MS Word have strengths and weaknesses. If you need true Word compatibility, you should get Word. If you need true Office compatibility, get Office. All alternatives are approximations to one degree or another. The more complex your documents, the more the approximations become problems for those reading documents in Office that you created in alternatives. Sharing those documents as PDFs, rather than source .doc or .ppt files can help.
TextEdit, bundled with Mac OS X, is very basic. While it can create Word-compatible documents, and use the typography features of Mac OS X, it lacks basic functions, such as page numbering. Tables generated in TextEdit don't translate well to Word, and vice-versa.
More robust solutions that are neither as expensive nor as bulky as Word include, in alphabetical order:
- AppleWorks
- Mariner Write
- Mellel
- Nissius Writer Express
- Pages, part of Apple's new iWork bundle.
- Ulysses
These applications are frequently mentioned in discussions of MS Word alternatives. They each have their adherents and fans. AppleWorks obviously does more than word processing, so on a pure price comparison, it has features the others do not (drawing, etc.). iWork includes Keynote for presentations.
Some additional "office suite" alternatives that are regularly mentioned include:
-ThinkFree Office
-NeoOffice: a free prototype of a port of OpenOffice to Mac OS X.
You must compare your requirements against the features of each package to determine the one that best meets your needs.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

May I open word documents on pages?

I would like to know if i can open and format Word windows documents on pages?

EIther Pages ’09 v4.n or the latest Pages v5.0.1 can open MS Word documents and templates. Pages is not an MS Word clone, and there may be functionality that you apply to the document in Pages, that may not accurately export back out to MS Word document formats.
The older version of Pages could export to .doc format. The latest version can export to .doc and docx formats. There is .rtf support in the older Pages, but not in the latest, though TextEdit can open and export all of these formats.
If you need precise, round-trip, MS Word compatibility, then I would recommend using Office for Mac 2011.

Stuck Between Word an Iwork

with the current Word discounts and a fifty dollar discount I have there is a 20 dollar diferance between word and iwork. I am having trouble deciding which to get. My main problem is all my documents must be in .doc when completed, meaning that word is better, but it is not universal yet so I can't decide. Anythoughts? Mainly how good is Iwork .doc exporting?

If the final format of your documents has to be .doc, then I think it would be foolish not to get Word. While I use Pages almost every day, and greatly prefer it to Word, it will never be able to convert its native format into Word perfectly accurately, and if you are limited to full Word compatibility, that will likely eliminate many of the cool capabilities of Pages.
I wouldn't worry at all about Word not being a universal app. Its performance is fine under Rosetta -- word processors are really not that demanding on the hardware.

New iPod touch - How to make it a Palm Pilot

OK. My new iPod Touch (16GB) is on order (ordered on day 1) - I have my Mobile Me account up and running and my iCal and my Mail accounts are synced.
My reason for buying the new iPod touch is to replace my Palm Pilot (Tungsten E). I was able to export/import 6 years worth of Palm data to iCal – now I need to be able to use iCal on the iPod touch to see/edit my daily schedules on the road – and to sync and see them on several Macs at home and in the studio.
I just watched the new Apple video about the new iPod touch – and, frankly, it came across as a 1) a teen-age game machine, 2) a movie player, and 3) a music box. Nothing in the video promo spoke to iCal on a Touch – or using the iPod touch as a business tool – other than Safari and email.
There are a million new apps available, but I don’t have time to test them all. This is what I need:
1) A iPod Touch version of Docs To Go. I want to make a document (file- text –letter) on my Mac (in Word, for example) – and then download it to the touch to read (and edit) on the road – and then re-sync changes made on the Touch with Mobile Me and my Macs.
2) To Do lists that sync between Mobile Me – my Macs and the Touch – with the ability to make/edit the To Do from the Mac or the Touch.
3) Search capability to find events, To-Dos, and documents (such as a letter) in the iPod Touch. That is a great feature of the Palm Pilot – I can see when I was last in a city with a simple search – or find a calendar entry with a customer’s name – even from several years ago.
And:
4) a Forum that addresses how to use the iPod Touch as a business tool – rather than as a game/music/video machine – essentially how to replace a BlackBerry or a Palm Pilot with and iPod Touch.
I have ZERO AT&T coverage where I live and work – so the iPhone is a no go for me. I will keep my Verizon cell phone and get rid of the Palm Pilot – if I can make the Touch behave as a tool rather than as a toy.
So – What APPS should I get ready to use?

Hi,
I have done the transition from a Palm Treo to the iPod Touch. As has been said the Apps are not as mature as with the Palm. You do need to be creative. I went with OmniFocus, both the ipod app and the desktop app. The desktop app will sync with iCal but I feel it should be the master. Not the cheapest route but very solid.
Direct MS Word compatibility I haven't seen yet. It will be there I am sure. The Notes app works fine for writing and you can email notes to yourself and copy the text out to what ever program you choose. No cut Copy Paste yet either so real word processing is not a reality. Docs to Go was pretty good.
There is CSV touch that will load any CSV file. Excel sheets. Also the idb Datamaster pro. Worth looking at. It is a database system that can import and export again in csv.
I have PocketMoney to record financials. It will sync through QIF files with Quicken. I say sync but it really just imports and exports QIF files. Takes some creative handleing not to end up with duplictae transactions. I figured out a work around and it saves keeping the paper around till I get to my computer.
File Magnet is really great. Drag anything to it and it will be loaded for viewing ( only) on the Touch.
The sync with iCal, Email and Contacts is excellent. I use this system daily for all my appointments and work schedules.
I don't bother with the games but it is cool to listen to music in the car with one device.
Having real internet in your hand instead of the klunky Treo browser is so much better. Safari is functional enough to do my online banking.
iFlix is really functional for Netflix. My Weather for weather forcast. Gives local animated radar.
So.. It is a new platform. It will have growing pains but it is functional and innovative.
Browse the App Store. Most are cheap enough that you can try without costing too much. The reviews are mostly helpful if you weed through the jokers.
I carry mine all the time. It finds internet all over without me doing anything. Battery life is acceptable for the most part. Just listening to music it lasts plenty long. Wifi and constant browsing or apps will run it down quicker. Consider that like watching a video. I use it in my car with a TransPod FM adapter. It charges the battery while it is playing. Works out fine that way. I get a full day of use and then the night always on without any worries. The ride to work charges it up enough.
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No. Fee item in the OS X App Store.
Prior to fall 2013, Pages ’09 v4+ was a purchased application from the Apple OS X App Store. When Pages v5 was released in the Fall 2013, Apple offered it for free to those that had purchased the earlier Pages via the App Store, or for a while, those that purchased a new Mac. Beginning in 2014, Apple began offering a free, Pages v5 with new hardware purchases, either pre-installed as some report, or in the case of my May MBA, as a free download from the App Store.
Pages ’09 v4.3 is no longer sold by Apple, and is a substantial superset of the free Pages v5, which as a new application last fall — remains far from complete, or bug free. This community has gone so far as to recommend users purchase Pages ’09 from Amazon/Ebay if they absolutely want the Apple word processing interface, get the free LibreOffice, or if maximum MS Word compatibility is a requirement, Office for Mac 2011.

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