It is for my analysis. Just trying to figure out which products actually write out to Office 2007 formats. Openoffice doesn't save in 2007 format, just saves in 2003 format. So I am looking around. Not sure if NeoOffice can do it since Openoffice doesn't do it.
It is for my analysis. Just trying to figure out which products actually write out to Office 2007 formats. Openoffice doesn't save in 2007 format, just saves in 2003 format. So I am looking around. Not sure if NeoOffice can do it since Openoffice doesn't do it.
Certainly, NeoOffice can do it. But as I said before, there is no material benefit. There is no application that reads in .docx format exclusively.
Pages, Numbers, and Keynote files from iWork08 can be exported to and opened in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files, respectively. from Micro$oft Office for Mac 2008.
If that's any help...
Are you saying that just one year after its release the .docx format wasn't even supported by M$' own office suite under OSX anymore, Mr. Me?
Are you saying that just one year after its release the .docx format wasn't even supported by M$' own office suite under OSX anymore, Mr. Me?
Wow! That is an interesting interpretation of my previous posts. I thought that I was making exactly the opposite point.
When I said that there is no material benefit to finding apps that can write to .docx format, it is because Office 2007, Office 2008, and any other app that can read .docx can also read .doc.
It is true that Microsoft no longer supports certain ancient versions of the .doc format. However, no major app released since 1997 writes natively to the old format. How you can interpret this statement as implying that Microsoft no longer supports the Office 97?Office 2004 version of the .doc format is a mystery to me.
Wow! That is an interesting interpretation of my previous posts. I thought that I was making exactly the opposite point.
When I said that there is no material benefit to finding apps that can write to .docx format, it is because Office 2007, Office 2008, and any other app that can read .docx can also read .doc.
It is true that Microsoft no longer supports certain ancient versions of the .doc format. However, no major app released since 1997 writes natively to the old format. How you can interpret this statement as implying that Microsoft no longer supports the Office 97?Office 2004 version of the .doc format is a mystery to me.
Unless I'm mistaken, current versions of MS Office can create .doc files, etc. Not sure why you say they don't write "natively" to that.
Unless I'm mistaken, current versions of MS Office can create .doc files, etc. Not sure why you say they don't write "natively" to that.
This may be because that is not what I said. The .doc extension is just that?an extension. It is the extension used for documents created by Word 97 through Word 2008. It is also the extension used by Word 95 back to the earliest version of Word. The thing is that they are not the same format. Word 2004 can open all previous versions of Word .doc files. Word 2008 cannot. It can open .doc files created using Word 97 through Word 2004. However, it cannot open .doc files created using Word 5.1. Difficult concept, I know. However, it is a fact.
Wow! That is an interesting interpretation of my previous posts. I thought that I was making exactly the opposite point.
When I said that there is no material benefit to finding apps that can write to .docx format, it is because Office 2007, Office 2008, and any other app that can read .docx can also read .doc.
It is true that Microsoft no longer supports certain ancient versions of the .doc format. However, no major app released since 1997 writes natively to the old format. How you can interpret this statement as implying that Microsoft no longer supports the Office 97–Office 2004 version of the .doc format is a mystery to me.
Well, apparently that statement wasn't clear to me, was it? Also, when interpreted like it seemed how you intended it to be interpreted, it sounded wrong, thus unlike you. Which is why I asked for clarification!
This may be because that is not what I said. The .doc extension is just that?an extension. It is the extension used for documents created by Word 97 through Word 2008. It is also the extension used by Word 95 back to the earliest version of Word. The thing is that they are not the same format. Word 2004 can open all previous versions of Word .doc files. Word 2008 cannot. It can open .doc files created using Word 97 through Word 2004. However, it cannot open .doc files created using Word 5.1. Difficult concept, I know. However, it is a fact.
An important distinction, which seems to be poorly understood in general. Often people ask why Pages doesn't use .doc as its "native" format. The answer is that it wouldn't make any sense if only because .doc is not actually a file format, but almost nobody wants to hear that answer.
Can you save numbers workbooks as xlsx (the 2007 format)? Same question for pages and docx.
Save yourself from the headaches, save files in RTF or PDF. Welcome to the Mac Platform and say goodbye to the window past. Only a nascent segment of users use it to begin with. Though being the great company apple is they accommodate them.
It is for my analysis. Just trying to figure out which products actually write out to Office 2007 formats. Openoffice doesn't save in 2007 format, just saves in 2003 format. So I am looking around. Not sure if NeoOffice can do it since Openoffice doesn't do it.
I'm not sure anyone who has responded really understands what your need is, including me. Why do you need a non-MS application to save in .xlsx or .docx? For practical purposes, those two formats don't add any functionality while all modern spreadsheet and word processing apps can save in .xls and .doc (including MS Office 2007). What are we missing in your question?
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NeoOffice can do it though.
Can you save numbers workbooks as xlsx (the 2007 format)? Same question for pages and docx.
The answer to your question may be of academic interest, but it has no practical benefit. Office 2007 can handle .doc and .xls files.
It is for my analysis. Just trying to figure out which products actually write out to Office 2007 formats. Openoffice doesn't save in 2007 format, just saves in 2003 format. So I am looking around. Not sure if NeoOffice can do it since Openoffice doesn't do it.
Certainly, NeoOffice can do it. But as I said before, there is no material benefit. There is no application that reads in .docx format exclusively.
If that's any help...
Are you saying that just one year after its release the .docx format wasn't even supported by M$' own office suite under OSX anymore, Mr. Me?
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Are you saying that just one year after its release the .docx format wasn't even supported by M$' own office suite under OSX anymore, Mr. Me?
Wow! That is an interesting interpretation of my previous posts. I thought that I was making exactly the opposite point.
When I said that there is no material benefit to finding apps that can write to .docx format, it is because Office 2007, Office 2008, and any other app that can read .docx can also read .doc.
It is true that Microsoft no longer supports certain ancient versions of the .doc format. However, no major app released since 1997 writes natively to the old format. How you can interpret this statement as implying that Microsoft no longer supports the Office 97?Office 2004 version of the .doc format is a mystery to me.
Wow! That is an interesting interpretation of my previous posts. I thought that I was making exactly the opposite point.
When I said that there is no material benefit to finding apps that can write to .docx format, it is because Office 2007, Office 2008, and any other app that can read .docx can also read .doc.
It is true that Microsoft no longer supports certain ancient versions of the .doc format. However, no major app released since 1997 writes natively to the old format. How you can interpret this statement as implying that Microsoft no longer supports the Office 97?Office 2004 version of the .doc format is a mystery to me.
Unless I'm mistaken, current versions of MS Office can create .doc files, etc. Not sure why you say they don't write "natively" to that.
Unless I'm mistaken, current versions of MS Office can create .doc files, etc. Not sure why you say they don't write "natively" to that.
This may be because that is not what I said. The .doc extension is just that?an extension. It is the extension used for documents created by Word 97 through Word 2008. It is also the extension used by Word 95 back to the earliest version of Word. The thing is that they are not the same format. Word 2004 can open all previous versions of Word .doc files. Word 2008 cannot. It can open .doc files created using Word 97 through Word 2004. However, it cannot open .doc files created using Word 5.1. Difficult concept, I know. However, it is a fact.
Wow! That is an interesting interpretation of my previous posts. I thought that I was making exactly the opposite point.
When I said that there is no material benefit to finding apps that can write to .docx format, it is because Office 2007, Office 2008, and any other app that can read .docx can also read .doc.
It is true that Microsoft no longer supports certain ancient versions of the .doc format. However, no major app released since 1997 writes natively to the old format. How you can interpret this statement as implying that Microsoft no longer supports the Office 97–Office 2004 version of the .doc format is a mystery to me.
Well, apparently that statement wasn't clear to me, was it? Also, when interpreted like it seemed how you intended it to be interpreted, it sounded wrong, thus unlike you. Which is why I asked for clarification!
This may be because that is not what I said. The .doc extension is just that?an extension. It is the extension used for documents created by Word 97 through Word 2008. It is also the extension used by Word 95 back to the earliest version of Word. The thing is that they are not the same format. Word 2004 can open all previous versions of Word .doc files. Word 2008 cannot. It can open .doc files created using Word 97 through Word 2004. However, it cannot open .doc files created using Word 5.1. Difficult concept, I know. However, it is a fact.
An important distinction, which seems to be poorly understood in general. Often people ask why Pages doesn't use .doc as its "native" format. The answer is that it wouldn't make any sense if only because .doc is not actually a file format, but almost nobody wants to hear that answer.
Can you save numbers workbooks as xlsx (the 2007 format)? Same question for pages and docx.
Save yourself from the headaches, save files in RTF or PDF. Welcome to the Mac Platform and say goodbye to the window past. Only a nascent segment of users use it to begin with. Though being the great company apple is they accommodate them.
It is for my analysis. Just trying to figure out which products actually write out to Office 2007 formats. Openoffice doesn't save in 2007 format, just saves in 2003 format. So I am looking around. Not sure if NeoOffice can do it since Openoffice doesn't do it.
I'm not sure anyone who has responded really understands what your need is, including me. Why do you need a non-MS application to save in .xlsx or .docx? For practical purposes, those two formats don't add any functionality while all modern spreadsheet and word processing apps can save in .xls and .doc (including MS Office 2007). What are we missing in your question?