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Will I be able to open and use any/all files created using my Office
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Office 2008 doesn't support macros and VBA, go for Office 2004 if you need
that. Otherwise your files should run fine.

HTH. Best wishes Harald

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Hi there Harold.

How you been?


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On Wed, 26 May 2010 18:50:26 +0200, "Harald Staff"
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Office 2008 doesn't support macros and VBA, go for Office 2004 if you need
that. Otherwise your files should run fine.

HTH. Best wishes Harald

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Will I be able to open and use any/all files created using my Office
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Also, Office 2004 (Mac) uses an older generation of VBA than Office 2000
and later (Windows), so you may run into incompatibilities with code.

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On 5/26/2010 12:50 PM, Harald Staff wrote:
Office 2008 doesn't support macros and VBA, go for Office 2004 if you
need that. Otherwise your files should run fine.

HTH. Best wishes Harald

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For the most part, files transferred from Mac to PC and vice versa with the same programs are good to go. Rarely do I ever encounter any sort of problems. Whenever I had to print something off for class, I would use the school's computers to print off something I developed on a PC (they used a Mac). I never had any problems then and I don't think there would be problems now. Just remember to save your file with the right type of compatibility. If you do that, you should be fine.


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On May 26, 7:50*am, Tom wrote:
Hi,

Will I be able to open and use any/all files created using my Office
professional XP suite (2002), in a new Mac with the latest version of
Office available for the Mac?


Install the windows version on BootCamp. If you don't like switching/
restarting use vmware or fusion. Office for Mac is pretty pathetic
and very different.
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Or, if you're buying a NEW Mac, go get Windows 7 and Office 2007. Then
you'll have two computers in one and won't have to worry about compatibility
issues. That's what I did when I replace both my iMac and my PC.

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Office 2008 doesn't support macros and VBA, go for Office 2004 if you need
that. Otherwise your files should run fine.

HTH. Best wishes Harald

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In article , LeelaSeville wrote:

For the most part, files transferred from Mac to PC and vice versa with
the same programs are good to go. Rarely do I ever encounter any sort
of problems. Whenever I had to print something off for class, I would
use the school's computers to print off something I developed on a PC
(they used a Mac). I never had any problems then and I don't think
there would be problems now. Just remember to save your file with the
right type of compatibility. If you do that, you should be fine.


We have a mac at home user that has trouble printing mac files from work
computers. Obviously, that could be a printer problem, rather than a file
problem ... but he is the only one that has this problem (lots of almost
blank pages with a few odd characters printing instead of the XL SS).
Suggest trying small files for printing to start with ... just in case. :)



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