This is not correct: as I wrote in my previous comment, Word 2011 fir Mac dies
open old Word 4 files, but not via the double click. You need to open the file
from the File: Open menu.
Ben
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On 22/ott/2013, at 15:47, Guy Plunkett III g...@charter.net wrote:
So the Windows
Thanks but this doesn't work for me and this file: the error message is
Word cannot open this document. The document might be in use, the document
might not be a valid Word document, or the file name might contain invalid
characters (for example, \ /).
(V4 MSW.doc)
Bruce
On 28 Oct 2013, at
Glad you got it sorted, but couldn't your university's library just scanned it
and e-mailed it to you???
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Hi Peter
My thesis dates from 1996 and I'm no longer at that university. Scanning 250
would be a major task.
Also, while I want to see the difference between chemistry research language at
that time and current social informatics research language, I have a notion to
lay out my thesis
Sorry, that should have been 'Scanning 250 pages would be a major pain.'
Bruce
On 27 Oct 2013, at 16:13, Bruce Ryan bruce.r...@me.com wrote:
Hi Peter
My thesis dates from 1996 and I'm no longer at that university. Scanning 250
would be a major task.
Also, while I want to see the
So the Windows version will open old Mac documents, but the Mac version won't!?
On 10/21/13, Bruce Ryan wrote:
Hi G-list
Thank you for all replies and thoughts. A G-lister offered to sort it for me
by on his old macs and their corresponding versions of Word.
But the answer was even simpler: 2
On Oct 22, 2013, at 6:47 AM, Guy Plunkett III g...@charter.net wrote:
So the Windows version will open old Mac documents, but the Mac version
won't!?
Welcome to the World According to Microsoft.
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Wherever you go, there you are. B. Banzai, PhD
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Hi g-listers
My PhD thesis dates from 1996 and was created in MS Word 4 or 5. I've just had
reason to look at this ancient history but can't do so satisfactorily. It
doesn't open in my current version of Word (mac:2011). It will open in
TextEdit: the text appears to be complete, as far as I
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Subject: reusing my thesis
Date:Monday, 21. October 2013
From:Bruce Ryan bruce.r...@me.com
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So, is there any way of opening the Word file.
Word 4… sounds like this is a Mac OS 7/8/9
is that my floppy drive won't
read by 800K Word 4 installer floppies.
Absolutely agree about output to PDF - if only I'd known in 1996.
thanks indeed
Bruce
On 21 Oct 2013, at 17:51, Mac User #330250 macuser330...@gmx.net wrote:
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Subject: Re: reusing my thesis
Date:Monday, 21. October 2013
From:Bruce Ryan bruce.r...@me.com
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
Hi Andreas
IIRC, the file dates from 1996 - around the time of mac classic and Mac II.
Ah, that old…
Someone
Il giorno 21/10/13 18.21, Bruce Ryan ha scritto:
My PhD thesis dates from 1996 and was created in MS Word 4 or 5. I've just had
reason to look at this ancient history but can't do so satisfactorily. It
doesn't open in my current version of Word (mac:2011).
Bruce, I have Office Mac 2008 and
known in 1996.
thanks indeed
Bruce
On 21 Oct 2013, at 17:51, Mac User #330250 macuser330...@gmx.net wrote:
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Subject: reusing my thesis
Date:Monday, 21. October 2013
From:Bruce Ryan bruce.r...@me.com
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
On Oct 21, 2013, at 9:21 AM, Bruce Ryan bruce.r...@me.com wrote:
Hi g-listers
My PhD thesis dates from 1996 and was created in MS Word 4 or 5. I've just
had reason to look at this ancient history but can't do so satisfactorily. It
doesn't open in my current version of Word (mac:2011). It
Hi G-list
Thank you for all replies and thoughts. A G-lister offered to sort it for me by
on his old macs and their corresponding versions of Word.
But the answer was even simpler: 2 minutes later, he emailed 'I just tried it
on my work computer running Windows 7 and Word 2010, it opened
FIY,
I offered to convert it for Bruce tonight with my G3 running OS9 and Word
which is in my local network and I transfer files back and fourth on a
regular basis between it and my MBP running OSX 10.8.
Just for the heck of it I tried to open it on my Windows 7 PC at work with
Word 2010 and it
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