Re: I'm sure glad I didn't buy a Mac Mini!

On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:35:03 -0700, Steve de Mena wrote
(in article <nJOdne1C3d0F3n3anZ2dnUVZ_hynnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>):

George Graves wrote:
On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:49:36 -0700, Steve de Mena wrote
(in article <o_idnf5aLr191ELanZ2dnUVZ_i2dnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>):

George Graves wrote:
On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:32:32 -0700, Steve de Mena wrote
(in article <--6dnX3gkbjMWkPanZ2dnUVZ_rjinZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>):

George Graves wrote:

The current version of Pages can
read documents written by ClarisWorks (which is an outdated,
discontinued app from the early 90s). Why can't new versions of Word
read docs made by old versions of Word?
It can. The problem was George trying to get an OLD VERSION of Word
to
understand the output of a new version of Word.
Except in that particular case, MS insists that the file formats are
the
same
for the versions of Word in question. Sorry. Also if one writes a
document
in Word for Mac, and saves it as a current Word for Windows file, All
ASCI
Characters above 255 will be missing when the file is opened with a
current
version of Word on Windows (and vice-versa). These incomaptibilities
are
mostly caused because Windows font sets are incomplete and special
characters
have to be accessed from a special menu. On the Mac, Characters above
ASCI
255 are available in each type face simply by pressing the option key
and
shift option keys as you type and are consistent through every
application
and every version of the OS and the applications running on it.
I just saved a document in OS X [Leopard 10.5.2 with Microsoft Office
2008 12.0.1] with extended characters, saved it as a Word for Windows
DOC file, and opened it in Word 2003 (SP3) on Windows and it looked fine.

All the extended characters were intact.

No incompatibility detected.

Steve
They must have fixed it cross-platform because Word X (which I was using
at
the time of this example) doesn't.
Yes, starting with Windows 2004 for the Mac it fully supports Unicode.

Steve

You mean OFFICE 2004 for the Mac, do you not? :->

Yes, of course!

I find the new Office 2008 very slow to load. Bringing up Word takes
1 minute 27 seconds before I can type. After 50 or so seconds most is
loaded, but not the menus. Any ideas why it is taking so long?

This is on a freshly booted MacBook Pro, 3 GB RAM, 2.33Ghz, Leopard
10.5.2, WD 320GB 5400rpm hard drive (90GB free). Other apps running:
Safari, Mail, Vienna, Thunderbird. Activity monitor shows like 0
activity before I started Word.

No Idea. I'm still using Office 2004 (when I use it at all. I find myself
using NeoOffice more and more these days) on a G5 Tower, Word opens in about
a second and a half and on my Intel Powerbook (running in emulation yet) it
takes just slightly longer. I'd call MS and Apple were I you. MS to find out
if this is normal (I suspect that it is not) and Apple to try to find out why
(Tell em' you JUST upgraded the OS to 10.5.2, then they'll give you free tech
support for 90 days). I'd be interested to know what the outcome finally is.

Steve


Steve



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