Office 2008 for MAC Compatibility

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Office 2008 for MAC Compatibility

My wife and I are MAC users at home and new at it.

Both our work places use PCs and Office 2003.

Does anyone know the compatibility of Office 2008 for MAC and 2003, both in usage and in file types.

Or.....would iworks '08 be a better solution. The main concern is the usage, I think, trying to relearn a software then have it compatible is one thing, but knowing the software and it being compatible is totaly another.

Thanks in advance
raday

macbook, Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Mar 20, 2009 5:53 AM

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planb77

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Mar 20, 2009 6:14 AM in response to raday

Hey there,
Compatibility shouldn't be too much of an issue. The only thing you should keep in mind is that when you are at home and create a document for work, to save it in the 97-2004 format so you can use it at work. This format should be a *.doc format. The newer versions of Office will read the older format with no problems.

Otherwise, there should be no issues using Office between a Mac and PC because I do it all the time. It is compatible across the board.

Since you already know Office and use it at work, it would probably be a good idea for now to stick with Office. However, it is always fun to learn new software. Hope this helps.

B-rock

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Mar 20, 2009 6:12 AM in response to raday

Office 2008 (Mac) and Office 2003 (Windows) are similar, I think they are more similar than Office 2008 (Mac) and Office 2007 (Windows) that is my opinion. You would need the 2007 file converter installed on your Office 2003 computers so it can read the new file format (x).

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raday Author

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Mar 20, 2009 8:21 AM in response to raday

Thanks for your responses.

Justin i am confused about your response. Are you saying that I would need a converter on the PCs that we are using at work to read the Office 2008 for MAC documents and power point projects?

raday

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planb77

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Mar 20, 2009 9:08 AM in response to raday

Yes, if you wanted to go that route you could or you could install the compatibility pack from Microsoft. More on this can be found in the page below. Or you could just save the project in the older format.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA100444731033.aspx

Here is an article on an example of converter as well if you wanted to do that.
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/09/24/converting-docx-documents-to-doc/

B-rock

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