It was someone else's file. I support a 'bilingual' environment 60%/40% PC to Mac. Sometimes the best solutions I come up involve a mac smiling through a window!
It is worth noting thought that unlike Alain, my case involved a flat data-file. There was no importing involved. I never did figure out what caused the problem in the first place. As to your question about cross platform compatibility, I can't say that I have noticed any. There may be some known issue, but I have never encountered it. I manage my PC's from a WinXP box running Office XP, but do much of my other work on an OSX Ti-Book with Office V.x. More often then not, things work really well. (For those in shock, yes I did use M$ and 'work really well' in the same thought) Kris ;) On 2/8/04 2:39 PM, "Frank P. Eigler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 7 Feb 2004, Kris McGrath wrote: > >> I admit up-front- this isn't the kind of advice I normally give. >> >> Try opening the file on a PC with MS Office. I had this happen for someone >> with an iMac DV, OS 9.1, Office 2001. I tried on a couple of different macs >> and didn't get anywhere. When I tried on my PC, it showed the "Conversion >> in progress" message and then opened. Several formatted text cells were >> lost, but most of the data was there. > > This reminded me - wasn't there a thread about problems with > cross-platform Word docs? Something involving Office for WinXP? Forget the > details, but that might be the problem. > > Was this your own file or someone else's? -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
