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    Viewing word docs

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by KamiCrazy, Oct 16, 2009.

  1. KamiCrazy

    KamiCrazy Notebook Geek

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    This has been annoying me for a few months now and I'm finally going to ask people what is up!

    You can preview word documents in OS X by highlighting it and then pressing space.

    The document shows perfectly with images and everything in the preview pane. However its a bit small and not useable for serious reading.

    However I can only seem to open the document in TextEdit which doens't render it properly. When trying to open it with the Preview application it refuses to open.

    What application is responsible for being able to view word files in OS X? its obvious it can do it because the preview ability shows that it can be done.
     
    KamiCrazy, Oct 16, 2009
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  2. Seshan

    Seshan Rawrrr!

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    Do you have iWorks? if not there is always Open Office.
     
    Seshan, Oct 16, 2009
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  3. gms238

    gms238 Notebook Consultant

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    Unless you have iWorks or Office For Mac you're not going to be able to edit or otherwise change the document itself. Preview only does what it says: previews the item you're looking at.
    You'll have to purchase Office For Mac 2008 or, as Seshan stated, iWorks or Open Office.
     
    gms238, Oct 16, 2009
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  4. KamiCrazy

    KamiCrazy Notebook Geek

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    I don't want to edit the document.

    I just want to view it fullscreen.
     
    KamiCrazy, Oct 18, 2009
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  5. HLdan

    HLdan Notebook Virtuoso

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    The suggestions above are the only options. Honestly, I'm not trying to flame you so don't take it that way, but if you were on Windows, how would you expect to read Word docs? Answer, using an Office suite. The fact tht you can even view MS Office files without ANY software is awesome on Mac but you still need the actual application if you want to do more than just take a Quick look.
     
    HLdan, Oct 18, 2009
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  6. gms238

    gms238 Notebook Consultant

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    I guess you could always grab the lower right corner and manually expand it to full screen, if that's what you're looking for. My opinion only, but to me Text Edit is the last resort for viewing documents and certainly for any editing.
     
    gms238, Oct 18, 2009
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  7. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    when you press Space bar you are using Quick Look... its an app for viewing things quickly. If you just want to view full screen, you can use Quick Look to do this, when it opens and is "small" hit the arrow icon at the bottom to enter full screen mode.

    TextEdit.app will open .doc ... but its not perfect and messing some formatting up.

    besides MS Word and Pages people have mentioned, you can download NeoOffice or OpenOffice.org for free and open/edit work documents as well.
     
    doh123, Oct 19, 2009
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  8. ItsDaKronic

    ItsDaKronic Notebook Consultant

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    Use the space preview button > make it full screen > and then just (control + scroll up until its good enough for you.. Thats the best solution I have other than that just open it with pages or like MS word ..
     
    ItsDaKronic, Oct 19, 2009
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