Peter,
Save the document as a Rich Text File (rtf). I know of no word-
processor that can't read and interpret rtf files. Also, InDesign
will happily place rtf files, often doing a better job than the same
document saved as doc or docx file types.
I regard it as rude to send other persons doc or docx files, as you
are assuming that they have Microsoft Word or similar, with which to
successfully open the document.
Similarly, I rarely send emails in a form other than plain text. Many
receivers now use iPhones and similar to check email, and formatted
emails chew up their expensive data allocations at a rate of knots.
On 27/01/2010, at 9:18 AM, Peter Bull wrote:
Apple to the rescue....again!!
Thanks Ray, Rob and Tim for your input.
I forgot to mention that all of the formatting was removed as well
- everything was changed to Times Roman 12 point. I also omitted
that the Word file was saved on a USB thumb drive.
But, last night I thought I would try Pages. It opened the Word
file complete with tables and formatting and I saved it as a .doc
Word document and everything is back the way it was.
I would not normally use Word for such a big document, having
bought a copy of Adobe InDesign, but this document is a set of
notes for TAFE and other lecturers need access to it and TAFE is PC
only using Word 2007 , which is one of the worst pieces of software
ever inflicted on the human race.
Thanks again... I can get back to work now.
On 26/01/2010, at 9:23 PM, Peter Bull wrote:
Regards,
Ray Forma
50 Harvest Road, North Fremantle WA 6159, Australia
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