Have you tried opening the document in Numbers? Merv On 20/12/13 3:41 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: > Thanks for the comments, Peter. > Let me emphasise the problem again. > 1. The document basically a table (Word .doc from 93 PC version) opens > and displays correctly in my MS Office 2011, Word 14.3.9 > 2. When I print, on any of three printers, a few values, which are > calculated within Word are incorrect, some are unaffected. Non > calculated values are fine. > 3. When I save as PDF from the print dialog corruption occurs as in > printing > 4. If I open the document in Acrobat 11, the same corruption occurs > 5. Text Edit can not open the document sensibly > 6. Preview opens and prints correctly, though the setting out is > disturbed > 7. If I save from Word as .rtf, then open and print from Text Edit, > the numbers are fine but once again the setting out is disturbed. > > All in all, most annoying! > > Severin Crisp > > On 20 Dec 2013, at 7:40 am, Peter Hinchliffe <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> >> On 19 Dec 2013, at 3:47 pm, Severin Crisp <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >>> I regularly receive a report in Word.doc format from someone with a >>> PC and Word 2003. The document is in fact a table and has some >>> calculations embedded in it. It displays correctly on screen but >>> some, not all, of the calculated cells have incorrect values in them >>> when printed. The same thing happens when I save as PDF so I suspect >>> a postscript mismatch is the culprit. Though it looks awful it saves >>> as .rtf correctly. I have latest MS Office and it gets it wrong if I >>> save as a .docx. >>> Most annoying, comments please! >> >> A few ideas: >> >> 1. What happens if you open the file in something else that will read >> .doc files, eg, TextEdit or Open Office or any of its clones >> (NeoOffice, etc - assuming have any of the latter)? >> >> 2. Do you know the syntax of the calculations? Could you re-enter them >> into your onscreen document? A bit of a nuisance but it might work. >> >> 3. I'm also wondering if there isn't some reliance on a macro set up >> which isn't available to you >> >> Sorry I can't of more help. It does seem likely that there may be some >> internal structural problems with the file. >> >> Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services >> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer >> Perth, Western Australia >> Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. >> >> -- 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> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > ____________________________________________________ > > * Assoc Prof R Severin Crisp, FAIP, FIP, CPhys* > 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia > ph (08) 9842 1950 ( Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) > mail to: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > ____________________________________________________ > > > > > > -- 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> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >
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