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From: Tony (nospam_at_nospam.com)
Date: 08/25/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 17:02:49 +0200

Hi,

There is also a product to translate and batch translate among word
processor formats (just in case): MacLinkPlus Deluxe.

http://www.dataviz.com/

That is. 

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On 2004-08-25 14:07:46 +0200, Clive Huggan 
<REMOVETHISoffice@ANDTHISstrategists.com.au> said:
> 
> 
> 
> On 25/8/04 6:42 PM, in article
> jemcgimpsey-CEB014.02424225082004@msnews.microsoft.com, "JE McGimpsey"
> <jemcgimpsey@mvps.org> wrote:
> 
>> In article <cghico$srk@odah37.prod.google.com>,
>> "VickyVee" <vickyvee@aol.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> So, the question here is: Am I going to have problems with my files (in
>>> various word formats dating back some ten years)when I alter/resave
>>> them on a Mac and then open them on a PC years later?
>> 
>> All WinWord 97/00/02/03 and MacWord 98/01/v.X/04 files share the exact
>> same file format, so you will have no problem with compatibility for
>> resaved past files, or new files in the foreseeable future.
>> 
>> That's not to say that either WinWord or MacWord of 2014 will still be
>> able to open Word4 format files - nobody can predict what MS will do in
>> that regard (or even if Word will still be a viable product). But the
>> files produced by any of the above versions will be compatible.
>> 
>>> I don't care if a font or something changes, but has anyone had major
>>> problems with compatability btwn Mac/PC?
>> 
>> If you're not using macros that depend on VBA6 (MacVBA is VBA5,
>> equivalent to WinWod97), you'll have few if any problems with file
>> compatibility. Fonts will definitely change, usually in a subtle way,
>> but often enough to cause different paginations (but the same thing
>> happens between WinTel machines with different fonts).
>> 
>> There are features of each platform that aren't supported on the other,
>> of course, but that doesn't affect compatibility either - the
>> unsupported features are just ignored.
> 
> Vicky,
> 
> I work on Word files that go between PCs and Macs all the time. I own PCs
> and Macs. There is no problem with current Word file configurations unless,
> for example, someone has used hard page breaks and has simply emboldened
> Normal for headings -- then you can get, respectively, pages with only one
> line of text (it's overflow from the previous page, caused by very slightly
> different font metrics -- though it happens to a lesser extent on the same
> platform between different computers -- before the hard page break is
> applied) and headings at the bottom of the page. These shortcomings are
> easily corrected. Post back if you need more information.
> 
> I endorse entirely what JE said.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Clive Huggan
> Canberra, Australia
> (My time zone is at least 5 hours different from the US and Europe,
> so my follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
> ============================================================

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