On 13/07/2011, at 10:57 AM, Ray Forma wrote: > > 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.
Hi Ray, I guess you have tried the solutions found here to open documents created un a previous version. "Documents will not open in Word 2011 if they have been created in a previous version" <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953266> 1. Start Word for Mac application. 2. On the File menu, click Open. 3. In the Convert File window, scroll down and select Recover Text from any file. You may get a warning, click OK. Note: Some formatting might change. 4. On the File menu, click Save As. 5. In the Format list, select Word Document (.docx), then click Save. Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- 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:[email protected]>
