reading .docx documents on the mac?

2013-06-26 Thread Anouk Radix
Hi everyone, I got some .docx documents that i need to read. Id rather not open windows to do it but apparently pages cant do this as standard. Is there a plugin or something that i can use to get this working? Greetings, Anouk, -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Goo

Re: reading .docx documents on the mac?

2013-06-26 Thread Maurice Mines
You can use text edit to do this it will read very well and you can even write documents that can be saved in Microsoft Word format. I hope this helps you out? Sincerely maurice mines. Secretary national Federation of the blind of Washington Clark County Chapter. Email KD zero I KO at iCloud.com

Re: reading .docx documents on the mac?

2013-06-26 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Anouk, Both Pages and TextEdit can read DOCX documents, what they can't do is save documents in that format. However, for straightforward reading, TextEdit is the best. Cheers, Anne On 26 Jun 2013, at 18:11, Anouk Radix wrote: > Hi everyone, > I got some .docx documents that i need t

Re: reading .docx documents on the mac?

2013-06-26 Thread Anouk Radix
Hi Anne, weird, i tried opening a docx fdocumebnt in pages but it said error and could not open it, i will try it again in textedit. Greetings, Anouk, On Jun 26, 2013, at 6:46 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Anouk, > > Both Pages and TextEdit can read DOCX documents, what they can't do is sav

RE: reading .docx documents on the mac?

2013-06-26 Thread harryhogue1
-Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anouk Radix Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 11:24 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: reading .docx documents on the mac? Hi Anne, weird, i tried opening a docx

Re: reading .docx documents on the mac?

2013-06-26 Thread Brandt
Hi there, I have successfully read .docx files using Quick look. HTH. Warm regards, Brandt Steenkamp Sent from my macbook pro Contact me: Mobile/iMessage/WatsApp: +27781205013 Email: brandt.steenk...@gmail.com My ring to Skype: California, United States +(1)760-5140161 Extension 51

Re: reading .docx documents on the mac?

2013-07-12 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi Anouk, Adding to this: when reading through dot DocX files, especially when using braille, formatting sometimes looks weird. What I usually do, is command shift t inside text edit with the DocX loaded, to have it instantly converted into plain text. That removes the formatting, which is not