Re: How can a Macintosh open a scanned Word doc from a PC?

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Graham,
All I'm trying to do is scan a Word doc and email it so that the person who
receives the email can edit the doc. There are no graphics, although I
understand exactly what you're saying. However after I scanned the doc it
would not allow me to save it as a Word document. I haven't had this problem
until we got a brand new monster all in one HP copier, scanner and printer.
Any suggestions?
P.S. Thanks for your help!

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

As I said earlier, Word cannot edit graphics. PDF is a graphics format - a
picture of the document! If you want a scanned document to be editable you
must use OCR software to convert graphics to text.

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Marilyn wrote:
We are both using Microsoft Office 2000. The document I scanned was
a Word doc that my boss wanted to edit. I scanned it as a pdf file
then emailed it, but he couldn't open it so I resaved the pdf file as
a Word doc, and emailed it again. When he clicked on the document he
opened on his Mac the entire text was in a "box", just like the pdf
file. When I scan the document I can't save it in a Word format to
email to him. I didn't go into the permissions directory, but I will
try that next.

"CyberTaz" wrote:

When it comes to Word files there is [almost] no difference between
Mac & PC docs. Unless they're using a *very* old version of Word the
file formats are identical, although what's been done _in_ the doc
can create compatibility issues in either direction. The problem,
however, is most likely related to one or more of the following:

1- "What" you are actually sending to the boss,

2- "How" you are sending it to the boss,

3- Whether the boss has write permissions in the stored directory

However, you don't provide enough info to make any further
determination. If you supply complete details - including versions -
perhaps it can be resolved here. We need to know exactly what
happens from the time the files "come in" (including how they "come
in" - email, snail mail, carrier pigeon?) to the time your boss
tries to edit them.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 5/30/07 5:51 PM, in article
50F294D7-A15F-4B52-8B49-0623249D8CCB@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Marilyn"
<Marilyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I can open the Mac docs when they come into the office and save
them as Word docs, but my boss can only open and not edit the Word
docs I send him. Is it because of the differences between a MAC
and a PC?
Marilyn



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