The lock-out begins for Office Mac users
apcmag: Office 2003 for Windows users can download a compatibility pack which makes it possible to open Office 2007 documents. However, while the Mac Business Unit has promised converters, it is providing no certainty on when they will
The lock-out begins for Office Mac users
Microsoft is calling these "Microsoft Office Open XML Formats", but Office for Mac users will find them far from "open". In fact, they can't read them. Take Word 2007, for example. By default it saves documents in the new *.docx format.
Office Mac File Format Compatibility Update
There's been some pretty alarmist news stories this morning (apcstart.com; CrunchGear) about file format converters and Office for Mac. Because some of these stories seem designed more to inflame than inform, I want to reiterate our
The lock-out begins for Office Mac users
Word, Excel and PowerPoint 2007 now all use different file formats: docx, xlsx and pptx. Microsoft is calling these "Microsoft Office Open XML Formats", but Office for Mac users will find them far from "open".
The lock-out begins for Office Mac users
The lock-out begins for Office Mac users The launch of Office 2007 for Windows signals the beginning of a long lock-out for Office for Mac users, who will be unable to read the new file formats. read more
Office 2007 To Office Mac: Drop Dead
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Use MS Office On A Mac? You’re About To Get Screwed
Dubbed “Microsoft Office Open XML Formats”, these new file types don’t seem to be working in Mac OS X. Trying to open a document in Word 2004 for OS X gives you a bunch of random characters and undecipherable garbage like the picture
MS investigating Word "Zero Day" Mac's affected too!
a vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000, Microsoft Word 2002, Microsoft Office Word 2003, Microsoft Word Viewer 2003, Microsoft Word 2004 for Mac, and Microsoft Word 2004 v. X for Mac, as well as Microsoft Works 2004, 2005, and 2006.
Windows Office 2007 files not compatible with Mac Office 2004
Although we have enjoyed reasonable (but still far from perfect) compatibility with our Windows Office brethren for some time now, that all changes with Office 2007 for Windows, which uses a file format incompatible with Mac Office by
Office 2007 Open XML Formats Not Mac Friendly
APC mag reports that Microsoft Office 2007 makes use of Microsoft Office Open XML Formats, however there is nothing “open” about these formats to Office for Mac users. As I blogged about back in April, Microsoft is making use of four
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