[dba-Tech] Word for Mac Templaes

Thanks. I was afraid of that.

I have a Mac and I created the original templates a decade ago (holy
crap I've been doing this too long), that's why I think I'm going to
have to rebrand all of our template.

B

On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:
> I will concur. It has been a few years since I tried to migrate anything to
> Mac and I would suspect the process should be easier now.
>
> Maybe someone who actually has a Mac could answer that question seeing there
> is a Mac and PC word versions out there.
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris
> Fields
> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 6:49 AM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Word for Mac Templaes
>
> Hi Bryan,
>
> I did that a few years ago for a client, with somewhat disappointing
> results.  In particular, the placement of elements did not remain
> correct, as I recall.  I was working on a letterhead, which included a
> logo and other stuff.  The logo wouldn't stay where I put it when I
> brought the template from my WinXP, Office 2003 environment and put it
> in his Max OS(9 or 10 - not sure) environment.  Oh, yes, I embedded a
> font, and that didn't work, either.  Haven't tried it since then.
>
> T
>
> Tina Norris Fields
> tinanfields at torchlake.com
> 231-322-2787
>
>
> On 6/13/2012 8:41 AM, Bryan Carbonnell wrote:
>> Has anyone gone through the process of converting a template built in
>> Word 2000/2007 and converted it to be used in Word 2011 for Mac?
>>
>> The template includes styles, custom button bars, code. The whole 9 yards.
>>
>> Any pointers, gotchas, would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> I have a feeling I'm going to need to go down that road shortly, so I
>> want to be prepared.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
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