How To See xml Tags In MS Word 2008 for Mac
Hi,
I just bought the Microsoft Office:mac 2008 Home & Student Edition because I have to use Word xml files at work (on a PC running XP and Office XP/04) and would like to be able to work at home (G5 1-y-o MacBook running 10.4.8) without having to sign out a clunky PC laptop (I commute by bike or train, so I don't need any extra weight). In order to get my work done, I need to be able to see the xml tags in the documents (and the box said this version of Word supported xml documents), but when I open the files at home on my MacBook they lose the tags. At work when we adopted the new system (old nonprofit publisher that still relies on WordPerfect to some extent to store vital text, which is scary, so you see what I'm dealing with...) we had to go into Word preferences and add-in an xml template and check off a box to show xml tags in documents. Of course, all the menu options on the Mac version of the same program are just slightly different and I can't figure it out for the life of me. MS support only gives two email freebies, which is insane considering the cost of the product. My work-around was to buy TextMate for a song in euros, and it comes with free email support from folks who seem to actually care. Unfortunately, it shows ALL the text with each tag on its own line--it's more for coders than copyeditors (my job). I'd prefer a wysiwyg interface for things like super- and subscripted, bold and italic text rather than seeing it indented and isolated by rows of tags. Any help would be appreciated.
I just bought the Microsoft Office:mac 2008 Home & Student Edition because I have to use Word xml files at work (on a PC running XP and Office XP/04) and would like to be able to work at home (G5 1-y-o MacBook running 10.4.8) without having to sign out a clunky PC laptop (I commute by bike or train, so I don't need any extra weight). In order to get my work done, I need to be able to see the xml tags in the documents (and the box said this version of Word supported xml documents), but when I open the files at home on my MacBook they lose the tags. At work when we adopted the new system (old nonprofit publisher that still relies on WordPerfect to some extent to store vital text, which is scary, so you see what I'm dealing with...) we had to go into Word preferences and add-in an xml template and check off a box to show xml tags in documents. Of course, all the menu options on the Mac version of the same program are just slightly different and I can't figure it out for the life of me. MS support only gives two email freebies, which is insane considering the cost of the product. My work-around was to buy TextMate for a song in euros, and it comes with free email support from folks who seem to actually care. Unfortunately, it shows ALL the text with each tag on its own line--it's more for coders than copyeditors (my job). I'd prefer a wysiwyg interface for things like super- and subscripted, bold and italic text rather than seeing it indented and isolated by rows of tags. Any help would be appreciated.
MacBook G5, Mac OS X (10.4.8), 1-year-old
