Re: Will Templates/Documents Created In Word X For Mac Function In Word 08

Thanks, John

It sounds as though you think I should be okay with my templates and documents if I upgrade to Word 08 for Mac AND stick with OS 10.4.11, and I should NOT upgrade to Leopard if I do not want to deal with possible disaster. (It has yet to make sense to me to upgrade to OS 5 on this old machine, because many of the very cool features only work with the newer Intel chips.)

Also, it sounds like a bad idea to buy a new Intel Mac, since it will automatically have the latest OS 10.5 and there will be problems with Word 08. (I'm assuming OS 10.5 will NOT(?) run my very old Word X for Mac program.) It is almost depressing to think that buying one of the incredible new IMacs might be unwise in relation to Word and my business. I was hoping someone would advise me too rush to the Apple store and make the purchase, since I'm tired of the 'wind tunnel' sound from the fans, and also intrigued by all of the new features and speed.

Just as a point of interest, my templates are probably really documents, since they were never properly created to be real templates, with styles and all the other great stuff that is still somewhat beyond me. I just use them as templates by making a copy for each new report, and filling things in accordingly. The templates contain no macros, and the only automatic 'fill in' field is the address and date info that I type into the footer. I'm still amazed at what someone (like me) can do with Word even when they have only the most basic knowledge of it. I'm thinking that the newest version of Word must have some very cool new features that I could make use of to automate and speed things up. If you are at all interested (and of course its okay if you are not), you can take a look at my Word created report/template/doc. by clicking on 'Sample Report' at my website, which is www.davekaufmann.com. Its a PDF version with the exact look of the original.

Thanks again for taking the time to respond,

Dave
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