Re: compatibility word 2004/2001 (Mac) - 2003 (Windows)

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One thing you don't mention having tried - How about sending them zipped
copies instead of naked Word documents? It could be that security updates in
Exchange/Windows are hacking the docs apart.
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HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

"johnny" <somewhere@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:010420081439445228%somewhere@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello,

I've reviewed the threads in this group concerning word compatibility
issues. Unfortunately, none provided a solution to my problem.

I used to send word files (2001/2004) to my collegues at work (2003)
with no problems. A few weeks back, however, this changed. They can no
longer open my documents. Instead they get a large screen with the
content of the file (mostly rectangles instead of letters) and the
option to choose an encoding format (varying from english to greek to
russian). None of the encodings choosen will produce the right
contents.

I have checked all the usual stuff. The extension is .doc,
compatibility report does not give any major subjects (except of a
possibility that sentences might have a different length), I send the
stuff windows friendly, they downloaded the files first before opening,
the file is in times new roman which is installed on the windows side
as well, their windows or word versions didn't change (XP, 2003) and
niether did my OS or word version, etc. Rtf files are ok, the problem
is only with .doc files.

I suspect that there was some kind of an update on their side but they
don't know about that.

What could be the issue here?

Thanks,

Johnny


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