[DM-MUG] need fast answer if possible...ref Word
Thomas Carlson
tomc7 at mac.com
Fri Aug 20 10:28:26 CDT 2010
Text edit in Leopard (and Snow Leopatd) opens .docx files.
Openoffice3.org also opens .docx files.
Tom Carlson
On Aug 20, 2010, at 10:17 AM, dmmug-request at dmmug.org wrote:
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> 1. Re: need fast answer if possible...ref Word (Jeremy Geerdes)
> 2. Re: need fast answer if possible...ref Word (Victoria L. Herring)
> 3. Re: need fast answer if possible...ref Word (James Wu)
> 4. Re: Is Flip 4 Mac a cruel joke? (James Wu)
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> From: Jeremy Geerdes <jrgeerdes at gmail.com>
> Date: August 20, 2010 8:50:20 AM CDT
> To: Des Moines Mac Users Group <dmmug at dmmug.org>
> Subject: Re: [DM-MUG] need fast answer if possible...ref Word
> Reply-To: Des Moines Mac Users Group <dmmug at dmmug.org>
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> Will it open in NeoOffice and/or OpenOffice.org? Their ability to
> read Word docs, in my experience, is a bit stronger than that of
> Pages. If you don't have NeoOffice, I could try it on mine. I'll
> just be in and out all day, so it might take a bit of time for me to
> respond.
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> Jeremy R. Geerdes
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> On Aug 20, 2010, at 8:39 AM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:
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>> our daughter is finishing a test using Word [part of Office 2008 for
>> Mac] on her MacBookPro running SnowLeopard [forgot to ask if OS is
>> current] - did the graph she had to do, copied to clipboard and it
>> was fine in part 1 of the test then she went to copy/paste it to part
>> 3 of the test and stalled Word -- rainbow beachball...she sent it to
>> me [docx] and it wouldn't open in Pages so I tried in Word and it did
>> the same - tho I am using MSWord out of Office 2004. It stalled, a
>> blue background page was there but it only filled half the white page
>> and no writing appeared == I was able to open it in Text Edit [as
>> could she] and in Nisus Writer Pro -- but the graphs are missing and
>> that's important == any thoughts on what we can do? She's going to
>> alert her professor but she needs to get back the graphs or get them
>> into the document somehow.
>>
>> Thanks.
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> From: "Victoria L. Herring" <VLH at HerringLaw.com>
> Date: August 20, 2010 8:51:22 AM CDT
> To: Des Moines Mac Users Group <dmmug at dmmug.org>
> Subject: Re: [DM-MUG] need fast answer if possible...ref Word
> Reply-To: Des Moines Mac Users Group <dmmug at dmmug.org>
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> I think the issue is the graph is in part 1 and it needs to move to
> part 3 - I need to check with her but she copied it and then tried
> to put it in to part 3 from clipboard and that's when it went
> haywire = I'll pass it on
> --
> Victoria L. Herring, Gallery: http://gallery.journeyzing.com/
> [images, ordering site]; Blogs: http://blog.journeyzing.com [JZ]; http://www.herringlaw.com
> [lawfirm]; Ft. Dearborn-Chicago Photo Forum Int'l. Competition
> Award of Excellence, 2010 [http://www.chicagophotoforum.org];
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> From: James Wu <james at gohaddock.com>
> Date: August 20, 2010 10:16:12 AM CDT
> To: Des Moines Mac Users Group <dmmug at dmmug.org>
> Subject: Re: [DM-MUG] need fast answer if possible...ref Word
> Reply-To: Des Moines Mac Users Group <dmmug at dmmug.org>
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> If she still has the original document (possibly as an email
> attachment), she can go back to the original and start over again.
> Since it looks like her current document is corrupted, it's likely
> the best option anyway.
>
> --
> James Wu <James at gohaddock.com>
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> On Aug 20, 2010, at 8:51 AM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:
>
>> I think the issue is the graph is in part 1 and it needs to move to
>> part 3 - I need to check with her but she copied it and then tried to
>> put it in to part 3 from clipboard and that's when it went haywire =
>> I'll pass it on
>> --
>> Victoria L. Herring, Gallery: http://gallery.journeyzing.com/
>> [images, ordering site]; Blogs: http://blog.journeyzing.com [JZ];
>> http://www.herringlaw.com [lawfirm]; Ft. Dearborn-Chicago Photo
>> Forum Int'l. Competition Award of Excellence, 2010
>> [http://www.chicagophotoforum.org];
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> From: James Wu <james at gohaddock.com>
> Date: August 20, 2010 10:17:27 AM CDT
> To: Des Moines Mac Users Group <dmmug at dmmug.org>
> Subject: Re: [DM-MUG] Is Flip 4 Mac a cruel joke?
> Reply-To: Des Moines Mac Users Group <dmmug at dmmug.org>
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> It sound to me you have a Flash issue rather than a Windows media
> issue.
>
> Try installing the latest version of Flash appropriate for your
> system(s).
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> --
> James Wu <James at gohaddock.com>
> Apple Specialist/Service Technician (ACMT)
>
> Haddock Computer Center
> 801 73rd Street, Suite I
> Windsor Heights, IA 50324
>
> Voice: 515.225.9040 / Fax: 515.225.1264
>
> Store Hours:
> Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
> Wednesday: 10:00 AM to 7:15 PM
> Saturday: 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM
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> On Aug 20, 2010, at 8:47 AM, Jeremy Geerdes wrote:
>
>> From a webdev standpoint, the KCCI website is, well, not all that
>> great. And the weather stuff in particular is a nightmare. I would
>> not say that this is a problem with your Mac; it's a problem with
>> their website. This morning when I tried with my Mac running 10.6.4
>> with Chrome, it actually froze the tab in Chrome so that I had to
>> kill the page. In the past, I have tried with FF and had the same
>> experience that you're having.
>>
>> Jeremy R. Geerdes
>> Effective website design & development
>> Des Moines, IA
>>
>> For more information or a project quote:
>> http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.com
>> jrgeerdes at gmail.com
>>
>> If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights
>> Wesleyan Church!
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>> On Aug 20, 2010, at 8:28 AM, Jeff Muller wrote:
>>
>>> Must be a Jeff/Geoff thing... :-)
>>>
>>> On Aug 20, 2010, at 6:17 AM, Geoffrey Stevens wrote:
>>>
>>>> I too have a similar experience/problem as Jeff Muller
>>>> everythings works fine, but, I can't uninstall Flip4Mac because I
>>>> can't download it.
>>>> I'm on an old 1GHz PowerPC G4 running 10.5.8. —G. Stevens
>>>> > From: jmuller38 at mchsi.com
>>>> > Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:01:13 -0500
>>>> > To: dmmug at dmmug.org
>>>> > Subject: Re: [DM-MUG] Is Flip 4 Mac a cruel joke?
>>>> >
>>>> > I'm using a 1-year old iMac, running 10.6.4, the latest. But I
>>>> can't uninstall Flip4Mac because I can't download it. That's
>>>> where I run into a roadblock. I'm hopeful that if I could d/l it,
>>>> it might work. But so far every attempt falls short.
>>>> >
>>>> > Maybe it's something on KCCI's site. There are no problems
>>>> watching video on it or seeing the static radar photo but when I
>>>> click on the "Live Radar" button, it gives me a message saying I
>>>> need a plug-in for my browser. Following that path thru several
>>>> web pages always results in the error page on Safari.
>>>> >
>>>> > On Aug 19, 2010, at 10:14 PM, Christopher Kavanaugh wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > > What kind of mac are you using? I havent had any video
>>>> problems using safari or firefox on kcci or any site that uses
>>>> flash or wmv's for a while now, maybe uninstall flipformac and
>>>> see how it works without it.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Also I think that google analytics is not good for normal
>>>> browsing, like "enable java error messages" grinds you to a halt
>>>> if you are just surfing.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > If I download a vid I too use VLC because it seems to have a
>>>> usable version of most of the codec's out there.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Good luck, Chris
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