Re: Two questions, Default language and font
- From: John McGhie <john@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:38:42 +0930
Do not confuse "Automatically update styles on open" in Tools>Templates and
Add-ins" with "Automatically Update" in the Styles>Modify dialog :-) It may
be the second one that is a source of grief.
If you do want to switch to PC Word in Parallels, my preference would be
Word 2007 for long and complex document work.
Word 2007 is substantially faster and more powerful on the same hardware,
more stable, and it enables you to work natively in .docx format which will
give you far less corruption. You can safely use Master Documents in .docx
format :-)
I do long and complex documents in both. 2003 is a very good product and
that's what I use at one client's site. But for "mega" documents, I would
choose Word 2007 running in .docx format.
If you cannot run in .docx format, then certainly use Word 2003: the
performance advantage of Word 2007 would be negated in .doc format. In
which case, don't even think about using master documents.
Since you are in OS 10.5 on an Intel, I would consider setting up to
dual-boot. Parallels/Windows sitting on top of OS X will start to suck very
serious memory and processing power on a document that size. I think you
will get substantial performance gains by booting to Windows native when you
are working on that thing :-)
Hope this helps
On 15/09/08 10:52 PM, in article 59b5941f.7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"i_like_macs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <i_like_macs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Many thanks John for your detailed help.
I have created some styles of my own to help me write my dissertation.
"Automatically Update Styles" have been turned off since day one.
The method I'm using to construct my dissertation is to use
Insert >> File
of which then I select the Word (.doc format) file to insert.
The linked file is inserted to a file I created which contains the same
styles.
I am linking my files, because I have used in my previous dissertation a
similar method with Mac OS 9 Word, although then I used a Master Document
Layout (I think) which involved Visual Basic macros. In this way, I can have a
modular workflow. I must admit that after a while, my previous dissertation
became corrupt, and does not open in Word 2008.
This is why I am contemplating using Windows Office under Parallels, and not
bothering with the Mac side. Technical documents made in Windows Word are
formatted incorrectly, and its MathType equations are not displayed in Word
2008. I would also like to use EndNote.
My naive impression is that Office 2007 is not the best version of Office
either. Should stick to Office 2003 in this case?
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