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Re: docx files on a Mac

From Richard H <Richard.H@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject Re: docx files on a Mac
Date 2014-02-05 17:33 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <CF182687.2C0A17%Richard.H@invalid.invalid> (permalink)
References <lbm5ar$b71$2@dont-email.me> <220120141159448462%kityzyme@yahoo.com>

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In article <lbm5ar$b71$2@dont-email.me>, Erilar
<drache@chibardun.netinvalid> wrote:
 
> How do you open one of these on a Mac without destroying the formatting?  I
> can open it with Open Office, Bean, and if I remember correctly, even
> Pages, but the format is destroyed.
> 
> The original is a paper with endnotes I'm supposed to submit as Word. I can
> save as Word, though I have to mail it as a .pdf, but they want me to make
> a couple corrections in the docx they sent me and the side note stuff ends
> up in places where it haa no discernible connection to the text. Cryptic
> notes don't help.
> 
> Even if I could make sense of it and make the corrections, the endnotes
> would still be turned into page notes, which is the wrong format.

Zamzar's website can do lots of types of file conversions, including .docx
to .doc

Would that be any use?

The URL is: <http://www.zamzar.com/>
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docx files on a Mac Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-01-21 15:56 +0000
  Re: docx files on a Mac Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-01-21 09:28 -0700
    Re: docx files on a Mac Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-01-22 21:04 +0000
      Re: docx files on a Mac ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-01-22 22:38 +0100
      Re: docx files on a Mac Suze <replytome@thenewsgroup.com> - 2014-01-26 19:02 -0600
        Re: docx files on a Mac erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> - 2014-01-26 19:29 -0600
        Re: docx files on a Mac John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2014-01-27 07:57 -0800
          Re: docx files on a Mac android <here@there.was> - 2014-02-05 19:53 +0100
      Re: docx files on a Mac android <here@there.was> - 2014-02-05 19:53 +0100
  Re: docx files on a Mac Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2014-01-21 17:05 +0000
  Re: docx files on a Mac gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-01-21 09:38 -0800
    Re: docx files on a Mac gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-01-21 09:39 -0800
      Re: docx files on a Mac Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-01-22 21:04 +0000
  Re: docx files on a Mac Kit <kityzyme@yahoo.com> - 2014-01-22 11:59 +0000
    Re: docx files on a Mac PhillipJones <pjonescet@comcast.net> - 2014-01-22 17:44 -0500
      Re: docx files on a Mac Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-01-23 14:50 +0000
        Re: docx files on a Mac Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2014-01-23 17:16 +0000
          Re: docx files on a Mac Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-01-24 14:01 +0000
            Re: docx files on a Mac Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2014-01-24 16:49 +0000
    Re: docx files on a Mac Richard H <Richard.H@invalid.invalid> - 2014-02-05 17:33 +0000
  Re: docx files on a Mac John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2014-01-24 04:05 +0000
    Re: docx files on a Mac Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-01-24 14:31 +0000

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