There are several ways to do it but the easiest for a new user would
probably be to launch Text Edit and once in there hit Apple-O and select
your Word doc.
Text Edit, like most word processors, will do a pretty good job at
keeping the formatting intact. Since Word's file format itself is
proprietary with no public documentation there is no real way that
anyone can guarantee perfection. This is part of the reason folks are
pushing for the Open Document Format where any application can edit
files and get it right as long as they follow the standards. Many
government and corporate organizations are interested in this from an
archiving standpoint. Anyone recently try to open a WordStar or
WordPerfect document? What happens 10 years from now if your stuff is
locked up in Word 2000 format or whatever. It's punchcards all over again.
CB
VaShaun Jones wrote:
Call me stupid, but how do you open the doc. in Text Edit. I know
how to do this in Windows but not on the Mac. Also will Text Edit keep
my formating?
On Sep 23, 2007, at 4:06 PM, Ryan Mann wrote:
You don't have to convert the documents. You can just open them in
Textedit.
Original message:
extention Listers I have several documents with the .doc
(MS Word Document). I want to convert them from the Mac to a format
that both the Mac and PC can read. What can I do for this?
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