Is it possible he is using Office 2007? If so, all you need is the With the Office Open XML Converter, which you can download from
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx?pid=download&location=/ mac/download/Office2004/ ConverterBeta_0_2.xml&secid=4&ssid=36&flgnosysreq=True This enables you to convert the following: Word Document (*.docx) Word Macro-Enabled Document (*.docm) PowerPoint Presentation (*.pptx) PowerPoint Show (*.ppsx) PowerPoint Template (*.potx) I had this problem earlier in the fall, and the download solved it. Steve On Nov 14, 2007, at 11:10 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > Well, I have a situation here. > > For over two years a friend has been sending me Microsoft Office - > Word > documents from his PC (to my Mac). Until about 3 months ago there were > no problems, I could use MacLinks Plus translator and open the > documents. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20071115/323a47ba/attachment-0001.html
