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- Macbook Pro 15" (early 2008, pre-unibody), 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM.
Today I experienced my first compatibility problem between mac and windows that I can't easily figure out. I sent someone a word (.doc '97-2004) doc created on my mac, and they say that when they try to open it on their pc, they can't because of an "encoding" problem. I moved the doc from my OS X environment to XP via VMWare and "saved as" a new document, without changing any settings. I sent this new document from windows, and the recipient could open it without problem. I use office 2008 on my mac, and office 2007 on XP (Chinese version of both, don't know if that makes any difference), and I notice that there seem to be a lot more preferences related to saving on the XP version, including choosing what encoding to use.
The document in question included both English and French characters.
I thought I understoon encoding as far as email goes, but I don't really understand this problem. Can someone who's had a similar problem put this in simple terms for me, or direct me to a site with a more detailed explaination? Thanks!
The document in question included both English and French characters.
I thought I understoon encoding as far as email goes, but I don't really understand this problem. Can someone who's had a similar problem put this in simple terms for me, or direct me to a site with a more detailed explaination? Thanks!