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How can I create Word or Excel documents on my Mac that are compatible with other computers? I have Microsoft Word for Mac 2008.
2011-11-10 04:27:00
Microsoft Word for Mac 2008 saves documents in *.doc format, which is the same extension of ms word 2003. there is an option to save file in docx also to work with ms pffice 2007.so I think it will run on Microsoft and other os that can open .doc word files.same should work for excel.you may try rtf format as well.
2011-11-10 03:51:00
You don't have to do anything special. As long as you have a program that can open that extension, it doesn't matter what operating system created the file. (i.e don't save it as a mac-specific extension if one exists). Word will be able to open the document back on Windows as well, granted you have word installed.