RE: mac vs. windows word

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"John" wrote:

A friend has a mac with MS office products written for mac on it. She sent me
a file to proof for her and the formatting was a total disaster. First
question is why is there a difference in formatting characters. Second
question is of course...how do you fix it???

I am a computer apps teacher who uses macs at school and windows at home. I
find very little difference in the formatting... perhaps an occasional font
style change in word and powerpoint. The rest is very compatible and very
similar - I have sent documents and files between the operating systems for
years and every version of ms office works relatively similar. i suggest
she save it in a "true font".. i.e. Times New Roman.. and save it with a .doc
extension. there should be no problem editing it for her.
.

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