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    Opening .docx on your Mac

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by trueintentions, Jan 29, 2008.

  1. trueintentions

    trueintentions Notebook Evangelist

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    So for those who haven't upgraded to Office 2008, and using Tiger, and aren't planning to, you'll notice that a lot of the documents these days are saved as " ___.docx".

    In office 2004, there isn't actual way to view them, and believe me, I've tried many. :p

    However, recently I found a really reliable site to convert them to .doc's for you, free of charge:
    http://www.zamzar.com

    All you need to supply them is an email for them to send the converted document to.

    It has been VERY useful, and it doesn't only just convert .docx's, but image formats, music formats, even video formats.

    :) Just thought I'd share...
     
    trueintentions, Jan 29, 2008
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  2. AuroraS

    AuroraS Notebook Virtuoso

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    I think you can open .docx format with "Preview" in Leopard... =)
     
    AuroraS, Jan 29, 2008
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  3. HLdan

    HLdan Notebook Virtuoso

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    That's nice but that means that they can see your personal files.
     
    HLdan, Jan 29, 2008
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  4. trueintentions

    trueintentions Notebook Evangelist

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    **Thanks Aurora.

    For Tiger users. :p
     
    trueintentions, Jan 29, 2008
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  5. HLdan

    HLdan Notebook Virtuoso

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    I just typed a .docx file up in Word 2008 and tried to open it in Preview, Preview won't even recognize the file.
     
    HLdan, Jan 29, 2008
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  6. AuroraS

    AuroraS Notebook Virtuoso

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    Weird.. I've opened .docx files made from Office 2007 in Preview before... I was able to read the documents just fine.
     
    AuroraS, Jan 29, 2008
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  7. ltcommander_data

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    http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downlo...d=AB66B5BF-37C3-41BB-945E-784782FC582C#viewer

    Is there some reason why you don't use the Open XML file convertor that Microsoft provides for Office 2004 and v. X? It's still in beta and with Office 2008, I doubt it'll ever get out of beta, but the convertor was last updated last month which is pretty recent considering the pace that Remote Desktop Connection development is going.
     
    ltcommander_data, Jan 29, 2008
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  8. taelrak

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    TextEdit opens .docx files just fine too, as does NeoOffice - though both have problems with formatting.
     
    taelrak, Jan 29, 2008
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  9. mc511

    mc511 Notebook Evangelist

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    I have been able to open pretty much any file using iwork08. the docs i did on my windows xp machine in office 2001 opens up great.
     
    mc511, Jan 29, 2008
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  10. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    leopard opens docx files natively. also, office 2008 and iwork08 can also open docx files. highly recommend either.
     
    masterchef341, Jan 29, 2008
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  11. AuroraS

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    Right... it was TextEdit that opens the .docx files, not Preview!
    My bad :p
     
    AuroraS, Jan 29, 2008
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  12. thnksfrthmmrs

    thnksfrthmmrs Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm sure this site will be fine for converting docx into doc, but it's not good for audio conversion. My 192kbps audio file went down to like a 64kbps file when i converted it. :eek:
     
    thnksfrthmmrs, Jan 29, 2008
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