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Meg,
Are you sure that you have supplied the newly saved files with the mandatory
file extension -.doc ?
My working tool on OS 9.1 is Word 5.1 for Macintosh. It was and is still the Mercedes 220 among word-processors.
But to secure file conversion do I have Microsoft Word 8 - it can save in a .doc format that is readable on all modern PC's running any form of Windows. But the name must end in -.doc (important!)
On my MacOS X (for Internet access only) is there a never version of Word (Word X), which can open
any previous and existing versions of Word (except the sick new encrypted format).
It does go both ways. It can open a PC Word doc, and then save it as " Word 5.1 for Macintosh"
(after several warnings not to do it !) - It is fine. A USB stick will bring it to my valuable OS 9.1
working stations, where all the creative stuff still is at my disposal.
So do not forget :
1. To make the file-name short (much shorter than they used to be on a Mac!)
2. To finish it with the magic dot-doc extension.
Hope the best for your problem
Erik Drigsdahl
PS: A mail from Terrence Lockyer along the same line did just tick in.
His mention of Word 6 must be a mistake. Even Microsoft have since admitted that
the version was a complete failure (and they do not offer a "save as ..." opportunity).
At 14:54 -0400 01/09/09, Cormack, Margaret Jean wrote:
> Here's the situation. I have a batch of 7-8 year old files on a Mac PC in OS 9.1
>I still have the Mac, the files, and some zip disks onto which I can copy them.
> I have, in fact, copied them into Word on a PC (Dell Latitude D600, if that makes any difference) It uses Windows XP Professional copyright 1985-2001. In this computer, they can still be read, edited, etc. and saved as (PC) Word files. Here's the problem. When I try to move these files, either in pre-or post Word form, into my present computer (Dell Latitude D620, with Microsoft Office Word 2003, which is also linked to the college server), these files either cannot be opened (and I get a message saying they were formed in an outdated version of Word) or they appear simply as a gobbledygook of miscelleneous symbols.
> My question is how to get these files into the current computer in legible form. (In fact my department is giving me a new one, but that means they take away the older Dell - which however will not leave my possession until all the files have been appropriately transferred and proven usable.) Is there any sort of conversion software available? Would it make sense to to transfer the files from the original Mac to a newer Mac, and then to Word, rather than from 'old' to 'new' Word on the PC? Is there some program I should demand be included with the new computer that will enable me to use the old files?
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated,
>Meg
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