FWIW, not being familiar with this area of Mac Word, when I try to open
a Word 2007 document containing a Word 2007 equation (not the older type
of equations) I see a dialog box that says that Word 2007 equations are
not supported in Word 2008, that the equations will be preserved so that
they will be visible if re-opened in Word 2007, but will "display as
placeholders" in Word 2008.
I expected that that might be a single placeholder, perhaps like an
empty picture frame. However, it is a bunch of apparently editable
rubbish as you say.
Options - at least ones that seem just about viable to me - include:
a. if you have access to Word 2007, use that
b. ask your student(s) to create a PDF from their Word 2007 document.
If they have been able to keep their Word 2007 installations up-to-date
they should be able to "Save As" in .docx/.docm format to preserve their
work, then in .pdf format.
c. if you need to annotate their text and return it, either
- work with both the Word document and the .pdf or
- open the .pdf in Preview and use the Annotate button to insert
annotations, or use a suitable version of Adobe's own software to do it.
Peter Jamieson
http://www.**--****.com/
Trouble opening Word 2007 for Windows files with equations on my Word 2008 for Mac
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Re: Trouble opening Word 2007 for Windows files with equations on my Word 2008 for Mac
by Peter Jamieson » Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:54:38 GMT
Re: Trouble opening Word 2007 for Windows files with equations on my Word 2008 for Mac
by Michel Bintener » Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:14:28 GMT
In addition to Peter's helpful answer: If I remember correctly, there is definitely a problem with equations in documents that are exchanged between Word 2007 and 2008, as Word 2007 uses an entirely new mechanism to create and display equations, a mechanism which the Mac version does not understand. It might be worth trying to save the document in the old binary ".doc" format (Word 97-2004 format) to see if the equations then work in Word 2008. Don't hold your breath, though... -- Michel Bintener Microsoft MVP (Macintosh) *** Please always reply to the newsgroup. ***
Re: Trouble opening Word 2007 for Windows files with equations on my Word 2008 for Mac
by Peter Jamieson » Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:37:09 GMT
Good point - from Word 2007 SP2 at least, the equations are converted to images which display OK in Word 2008. I should have checked! Peter Jamieson http://www.**--****.com/
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