reading docx files?

2010-08-03 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, Can the Mac not do this? I have a docx attachment, and I can't open it to save my soul. Best, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe

Re: reading docx files?

2010-08-03 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, that's odd. They open just fine here in text edit or open office. Open office does a better job of preserving the formatting, but text edit should be OK for most purposes. Best, Erik Burggraaf Check out my first ever podcast tutorial, Learn braille using the braille box. Visit

Re: reading docx files?

2010-08-03 Thread Donna Goodin
Weird. Well, thanks for letting me know, I'll keep messing with it. Glad to know it's not a limitation of the Mac, I have lots of those files. :) Take care, Donna On Aug 3, 2010, at 8:04 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: Hi, that's odd. They open just fine here in text edit or open office. Open

Re: reading docx files?

2010-08-03 Thread erik burggraaf
hi, if they aren't private secure data or anything, feel free to email me one of the files you are working on and i'll try to open it here and see what happens. maybe it is something about the files themselves. Best, Erik Burggraaf Check out my first ever podcast tutorial, Learn braille using

Re: reading docx files?

2010-08-03 Thread Donna Goodin
You know, I finally got it open. Not really sure what the problem was. I was highlighting it, and trying to bring up the context menu. First, the menu wouldn't come up, and when I went into the file menu and tried to select save attachments, it wouldn't let me save it. It was weird. But

Re: reading docx files?

2010-08-03 Thread Michael Busboom
Hello Erik, You may have missed this note but then again, maybe not. I sent the following to the Macvisionaries List but didn't get any real helpful responses. I'm not trying to badger you at all, but you may have missed my note and you may have some thoughts. I would be curious to know if

Re: reading docx files?

2010-08-03 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi there, I saw it and cheered in the hopes that some one would come up with a better answer than I have. I use open office to do my books and company paperwork. I have to say, that calc rocks my world, but I only half-assed get along with writer. I'd love to dig into it and make it my full

Re: reading docx files?

2010-08-03 Thread Michael Busboom
Hi, Erik, I owe you, and everyone else on the list an apology. The message I sent to you was intended to be private, but it obviously wasn't. It looks to me like I will keep having to Use Office under Windows since professionally, it still has some accessible features that I need and can't