Newbie software issues

martinr007 · martinr007 #1 (**permalink**)

12-19-2008, 11:37 PM

Hi,

Probably a daft question but I've just bought a macbook with Iworks after having used Window's based PC's for the last age. I thought that Pages could open word documents but I can't open anything. I haven't tried opening a Word 2007 doc yet only Word 97. Is Pages only compatible with Word 2003 versions onwards?

Thanks for any help,
Best regards,
Martin

chscag · chscag #2 (**permalink**)

12-20-2008, 12:12 AM

iWork08 Pages will open Word *.DOC files Word 97 thru Word 2003. It will also save in that format, not by default though.

Regards.

OK Computer · OK Computer #3 (**permalink**)

12-20-2008, 01:06 AM

also notice that word will save documents as .docx

this caused a few problems for me last semester when sending documents to professors and friends who were on windows machines.

You can solve this problem easily by saving it as a .doc (almost everyone can open this file type) (prevents some un needed hassle)

mrqcrew · mrqcrew #4 (**permalink**)

12-22-2008, 11:46 PM

I'm really new to Mac. Wife bought a MBP for Christmas. I really want to get the best out of it. Starting with that, I would like to use myspace chat...yahoo bites! How do I get it to download and work? I downloaded it, but a box with - what can only be described as Russian symbols comes up. How do I get it to work? Please help me.

Stretch · Stretch #5 (**permalink**)

12-25-2008, 12:57 PM

Is there a Mac version of Myspace Chat? If there is, and that's what you downloaded, you might have a corrupt download. Try downloading it again.

If there isn't a Mac version, check out Adium - Download a free multi client Mac chat application.

mrqcrew · mrqcrew #6 (**permalink**)

12-25-2008, 01:02 PM

I just downloaded Adium. I'll see how it works. Thanks

Stretch #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 13, 2007 Location: Central New York Posts: 4,614 Mac Specs: 15in i7 MacBook Pro, 8GB RAM, 60GB SSD, 500GB HD	12-25-2008, 12:57 PM Is there a Mac version of Myspace Chat? If there is, and that's what you downloaded, you might have a corrupt download. Try downloading it again. If there isn't a Mac version, check out Adium - Download a free multi client Mac chat application. Blog and Photo Gallery: http://philolin.me/ Currently running OS X 10.8.2
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martinr007 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 19, 2008 Posts: 1	12-19-2008, 11:37 PM Hi, Probably a daft question but I've just bought a macbook with Iworks after having used Window's based PC's for the last age. I thought that Pages could open word documents but I can't open anything. I haven't tried opening a Word 2007 doc yet only Word 97. Is Pages only compatible with Word 2003 versions onwards? Thanks for any help, Best regards, Martin
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chscag #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 31,970 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	12-20-2008, 12:12 AM iWork08 Pages will open Word *.DOC files Word 97 thru Word 2003. It will also save in that format, not by default though. Regards.
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mrqcrew #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 18, 2008 Location: Harrison, AR Posts: 7 Mac Specs: MBP	12-22-2008, 11:46 PM I'm really new to Mac. Wife bought a MBP for Christmas. I really want to get the best out of it. Starting with that, I would like to use myspace chat...yahoo bites! How do I get it to download and work? I downloaded it, but a box with - what can only be described as Russian symbols comes up. How do I get it to work? Please help me.
	QUOTE Thanks

mrqcrew #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 18, 2008 Location: Harrison, AR Posts: 7 Mac Specs: MBP	12-25-2008, 01:02 PM I just downloaded Adium. I'll see how it works. Thanks
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