Or maybe do as I did. Delete the old Office package (PPT/XL/Word) And then install the 2011. Never missed a beat, never touched any doc at all. If I have any grumble its all that fruit at the top of the page that I rarely need. Still do not know how get rid of it! Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: Ray Forma <r...@smartchat.net.au> To: List Mailing WAMUG <wamug@wamug.org.au> Sent: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:57:13 +0800 (WST) Subject: Warning: MS Word 14 fails with old Word documents
Beware; if you are thinking about upgrading to M$ Word V14, also known as Word:Mac 2011, then, before updating, do update any older Word documents that you may have. I tried to open Word 97 documents with the current Word V14 and they all slowed the app to a crawl. After a long wait an empty document, or some rubbish appeared. Luckily, I also had access to MS Word V12 (Word 2008 for Mac), and it managed to successfully open most of the old docs and save them in a more recent format. Pages V4 did not recognise the old documents. TextEdit 1.6 opened the old docs, but only as plain text files with all of the formatting mumbo-jumbo included. Moral of the story: The current version of M$ Word does not seem to be able to open older versions of Word files, so update old valuable documents before you upgrade. It is probably also a good idea to save copies in rich text format, which will probably have a longer archival life. Regards, Ray Forma Mob +61 (0) 428 596938 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
