Re: Those Who Edit Word Documents on the Mac

2013-05-26 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Matthew As far as I am aware, Pages doesn't handle Office 2010/2013 .docx files, but it does handle Office 2003/2007 .doc files. I'll do some experimentation though, but I do need to use the .docx flavour in order to stay compatible with my colleagues. I really would prefer to use the

Re: Nisus Writer: [Was Those Who Edit Word Documents on the Mac]

2013-05-26 Thread Gordon Smith
James Where in the style lists are headings? I found something under the Lists submenu but I'm not sure that's the same thing. Kind regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Telephone: United Kingdom: Free Phone: 0800 8620538 Mobile: +44 7907 823971 Europe and other

Re: Those Who Edit Word Documents on the Mac

2013-05-26 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Gordon, It all depends on what you mean by Handle. Pages can open DOCX files just fine but it can't export to that format. Cheers, Anne --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of

Re: Those Who Edit Word Documents on the Mac

2013-05-26 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Anne Sorry, I should have been more specific. Yes, I meant open, edit and save them. Kind regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Telephone: United Kingdom: Free Phone: 0800 8620538 Mobile: +44 7907 823971 Europe and other non-specified: +44 1642 688095 United States Of

Those Who Edit Word Documents on the Mac

2013-05-21 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi all I know this is a very old topic, but I'd be interested to know how, using modern-day software, people ho about editing Word documents on the Mac. I need to use this format for compatibility reasons, and I really don't want to have to go into Windows to do the job. But I need a way of

Re: Those Who Edit Word Documents on the Mac

2013-05-21 Thread Josh Gregory
Hi Matthew, you should be able to read them in Text Edit. Sent from my iPhone On May 21, 2013, at 9:48 AM, Matthew Chao mattc...@verizon.net wrote: Hi, Gordon. Believe Microsoft handles Word docs differently in Word for Mac than they do with Word for the PC. My significant other has sent

Re: Those Who Edit Word Documents on the Mac

2013-05-21 Thread JAMES AUSTIN
Hi Gordon, It is possible to add headers and footers etc in Pages and Nisus Writer (Express and Pro). However, Aside from setting Hot Spots or a tone to play as the attributes change there is no way I know of for Voiceover to distinguish headings from the main body text. It simply treats all

Re: Those Who Edit Word Documents on the Mac

2013-05-21 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Can nices or how ever you spell that program edit footers and headers? I'm asking this as I might have to do this the next time, hopefully never, I might have to use APA formatting. and since you have to do headers and footers and possibly running headers I'm hoping the answer is yes. On May

Re: Those Who Edit Word Documents on the Mac

2013-05-21 Thread Devin Prater
I wonder if there are any command-line edditors that are accessible and provide the level we all need of edditing, like headings and formatting? Sent from my iPod On 21 mai 2013, at 12:26, Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Can nices or how ever you spell that program edit footers and

Re: Those Who Edit Word Documents on the Mac

2013-05-21 Thread JAMES AUSTIN
Yes it can. I have used NWP to write all sorts of documents including research papers On 21 May 2013, at 18:26, Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Can nices or how ever you spell that program edit footers and headers? I'm asking this as I might have to do this the next time, hopefully

Re: Those Who Edit Word Documents on the Mac

2013-05-21 Thread JAMES AUSTIN
Hi Devon, On 21 May 2013, at 18:33, Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com wrote: I wonder if there are any command-line edditors that are accessible and provide the level we all need of edditing, like headings and formatting? I don't know of any Command Line editors that will do what you want per say,