Re: Creating fillinable documents in Word 2004 that are fully functional in Works for Windows
- From: "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]" <john@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 10:19:03 +1000
Sorry, my bad... Thanks for the pick-up Daiya...
Daiya is correct: Works is not Word, the internals are completely
different. Although Works can read the Word file format, it simply can't
express many of the higher-complexity artefacts contained in those files.
Various versions of PC Works include a full copy of Word in the box, for
exactly this reason, so you can't get stuck with a document that won't work
right in Works.
Sorry.
On 9/4/05 04:47, in article
1112986046.326817.44930@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"diane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <diane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Daiya!
>
> Thank you, yes I meant Works. :) [ Hi John! ;) ]
>
> So if I create a Word document on a Mac or PC and then use the forms
> toolbar to add fill-in-able fields, there's no way I can save it
> that'll allow a person using Works to be able to view, fill in and
> print the form?
>
> Thank you for your help!
> Diane
>
> Daiya Mitchell wrote:
>> Wait, Diane said Works for Windows. John, you read it as Word,
> right? I
>> don't think any Word created doc (from any version, Win or Mac) will
> be
>> fully functional in Works--Diane, which did you mean?
>>
>> DM
>>
>>
>> On 4/8/05 6:55 AM, "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]"
> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Diane:
>>>
>>> Yes, but not the other way around, and there are issues.
>>>
>>> The main issue is that artefacts render at a different size on the
> two
>>> platforms, so when designing your forms you have to be careful that
> text is
>>> going to fit on each platform.
>>>
>>> Word PC forms are frequently full of ActiveX controls. These will
> not run
>>> on the Mac.
>>>
>>> However, forms created in Word on the Mac will function perfectly
> in Word on
>>> the PC.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8/4/05 03:37, in article
>>> 1112895473.949598.96110@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>>> "diane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <diane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Folks!
>>>>
>>>> Happy Spring to everyone! :)
>>>>
>>>> I was wondering, is it possible to create fillinable
> documents/forms in
>>>> Word 2004 for Mac that will be fully functional in Works for
> Windows?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you thank you!!
>>>> Diane Dennis
>>>>
>
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