I can quick look an iWork 09 doc but can't open it - why is that?

ss957916 · Oct 28, 2009, 04:20 PM

I've got 10.6 and iWork 08. Someone emailed me a Numbers 09 document which simply would not open, be it in iWork, Preview or anything else I tried.

But I can see it in Quicklook. So the computer DOES understand the document, so is Apple just crippling everything else to persuade me to buy iWork 09 (which I can't see have any real improvements over 08)?

stridemat · Oct 28, 2009, 04:26 PM

I imagine that it is Snow Leopard that knows the file and not iwork 08, the compatibility for iWork 09 must be built into the preview function itself.

ss957916 · Oct 28, 2009, 04:27 PM

Preview won't open it. All I want to do is copy and paste it!!

Sun Baked · Oct 28, 2009, 04:35 PM

Download iWork 09, and make use of the free 30 day trial.

Simply open the file in iWork 09 and save it in the older format.

wrldwzrd89 · Oct 28, 2009, 05:27 PM

The reason is that the Quick Look preview is actually an image. Your Mac does not understand the file.

ss957916 · Oct 28, 2009, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wrldwzrd89

The reason is that the Quick Look preview is actually an image. Your Mac does not understand the file.

Eh? Surely to format the document to make the 'image' it understands the file...?

uuaschbaer · Oct 28, 2009, 06:04 PM

You can ask the person who sent you the '09 document to open it, save it as as a '08 document and send you that. I don't know of any long term solution, except perhaps iwork.com ... possibly just might maybe.

Chundles · Oct 28, 2009, 06:14 PM

Quicklook is just a plug-in style architecture, you don't need the application on your system to be able to quicklook the file.

You can quicklook MS Office documents without office.

Oct 28, 2009, 04:20 PM	#1
ss957916 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2009	I can quick look an iWork 09 doc but can't open it - why is that? I've got 10.6 and iWork 08. Someone emailed me a Numbers 09 document which simply would not open, be it in iWork, Preview or anything else I tried. But I can see it in Quicklook. So the computer DOES understand the document, so is Apple just crippling everything else to persuade me to buy iWork 09 (which I can't see have any real improvements over 08)?

Oct 28, 2009, 04:26 PM	#2
stridemat macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Plymouth, UK	I imagine that it is Snow Leopard that knows the file and not iwork 08, the compatibility for iWork 09 must be built into the preview function itself. __________________ matthewstride.co.uk Search before you post: MRoogle

Oct 28, 2009, 04:35 PM	#4
Sun Baked macrumors 603 Join Date: May 2002	Download iWork 09, and make use of the free 30 day trial. Simply open the file in iWork 09 and save it in the older format. __________________ May you be plagued by images of Richard Simmons flouncing through you brain, and squat thrusting his way though all waking thoughts.

Oct 28, 2009, 05:27 PM	#5
wrldwzrd89 macrumors 601 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Solon, OH	The reason is that the Quick Look preview is actually an image. Your Mac does not understand the file. __________________ iMac Intel, 1TB HDD upgrade, 10.6.2; iMac G5, 300GB HDD, 10.4.11/10.5.8; iPod touch, 3.1.3

Oct 28, 2009, 06:14 PM	#8
Chundles macrumors 603 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The Gong, Australia	Quicklook is just a plug-in style architecture, you don't need the application on your system to be able to quicklook the file. You can quicklook MS Office documents without office. __________________ This is going straight to the Pool Room

Oct 28, 2009, 04:27 PM	#3
ss957916 Thread Starter macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2009	Preview won't open it. All I want to do is copy and paste it!!

Oct 28, 2009, 06:04 PM	#7
uuaschbaer macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2009	You can ask the person who sent you the '09 document to open it, save it as as a '08 document and send you that. I don't know of any long term solution, except perhaps iwork.com ... possibly just might maybe.

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