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

Hi Bob, thanks for the response.

I appreciate your encouragement that Word 08 is working fine for you on your new MacBook Pro. It is actually inconceivable to me that it wouldn't. I find it hard to fathom that Microsoft would put out something that would not work close to flawlessly on the OS system they say it will work with, or that Apple would be associated with the program in any way if it did not work close to flawlessly. Word has got to be one of the best all time software programs, and Apple one of the best companies, so you would think they'd get it close to dead on right when they put it out there for us to use (For me, Word X For Mac, from 2001(!) *is* dead on right - but man, is it old!). I'm depending on both companies, and will continue to do so, but at this point I'm in a stalemate on my purchases (newest Mac and newest Word), simply because any type of significant malfunction with either is not an option (in terms of financial survival).

Thanks again for responding,

Dave

(BTW: I'm still trying to get the 'no Spaces with Office' comment at the bottom of your response - I may be too much of a novice too pick-up on it...)

Hi Dave -

FWIW, I'm running Office 2008 on an Intel MacBook Pro which came with
Leopard 10.5.0 - I have *not* updated to 10.5.1/10.5.2 & am not experiencing
anything like the volume of atrocities which others appear to be seeing...
that includes the launch time. I have no intention of updating until I see
the results of a 10.5.3 or maybe even 10.5..5 - I also make no attempt to
use Spaces with Office:-)
--
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

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> 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,
>
.

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