Re: A criticism of MS Word 2008
- From: John McGhie <john@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:44:38 +1000
Hi Bill:
I am not sure WHAT we're discussing here. The OP wanted to go back to "Mac
Word 1.x to 5.x". I don't think they're even WDBN -- I think this is the
old command-stream format that predates Word 5/6 :-)
I also think this poster is hitting the "real" Deprecation, not the "Bad
File Type" Deprecation. In which case, not even Corentin's script will
work.
However, there is only one way to find out, and the user should run
Corentin's script and "hope and pray" :-)
My understanding is that the FIRST attempt at this simply checked the File
Type Code. If it didn't like it, it threw it out of the pram without
looking further.
The SECOND attempt, posted in the latest Service Pack, I think reads the
actual file header as encoded by Word when it saved the file. So it doesn't
care about the File Type and Creator Codes that may be appended by other
applications along the way, it looks in the file itself to see what is
really in there.
But I believe that if what "is really in the file" is one of the deprecated
file types, it still won't open on an "external call", it will require a
"File Open".
I could be wrong: I look forward to hearing whether treatment with
Corentin's script resolves the issue. If it does, then I will have learned
that it is STILL believing the File Type Code.
We shall see!
Cheers
On 14/09/08 12:18 PM, in article uKLt#AhFJHA.4056@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"William Smith [MVP]" <mecklists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
John McGhie wrote:
Please, I have to have missed something. Office is a very sophisticated
program put out by the largest software company in the world. So please tell
me, how can I convert these documents without opening them individually. I
am
sure that I have missed something.
Have you had a look at MacLink Plus? The Deluxe version will get you back
to Word 4.
From what I've read of this thread you're discussing the WDBN file type
threat. Correct, John?
Some workaround are available including a script written by Corentin
<http://word.mvps.org/Mac/Word2008Issues.html#doubleclick>.
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