On 4/8/10 12:38 PM, "Malcolm McCallum" <doc...@westnet.com.au> wrote:
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> I have been sent an .ocx file which 'pages' has happily opened but when I send
> it to my daughter whose computer is on the darkside she cannot open it :-(
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> Where do I go next?
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> Mac
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Hi Malcolm
Assuming (as Daniel asked) it's a .docx file (Which is Microsoft's "new"
file format since Office 2007 for Windows then Office 2008 for Mac) then you
can either do one of two things.
You can save it as the older ".doc" file format.
In Pages go to File menu and Choose Export. When the drop down window comes,
choose Word as the format, click next, give it a name (and ending in .doc)
then click Export. (You can also save it as .rft as well, which is also
editable).
The second option is she can download some of the free .docx convertors.
Such as:-
<http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-tools/Other-Office-Tools/NW-Docx-Conver
ter.shtml>
There are plenty more around.
Oh, and last option is buying Office 2007 (or Office 2010) for Windows. That
can then work with all the old formats (.doc, .xls and .ppt) and the new
formats (.docx, .xlsx and .pptx)
Hope that helps.
Kind Regards
Daniel
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