Loss of compatibility with panther

This is a big problem I have been having. Ever since I upgraded to panther i have lost compatibility with transferring microsoft office files between my mac and pc's. I cant even send word docs to my professors anymore. Is anyone else having this problem? Its absolutely rediculous. When i used jaguar this worked fine i could work with projects seemlessly beetween my mac and the rest of the pc's at school. This is some bull****.

Originally posted by Nermal
What's the problem? Are you getting an error message?

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No just overall loss of compatibility. I tried to open a powerpoont presentation on my parents pc and it wouldnt open any of the pictures and the graphs and charts were all messed up and unreadable. No one can read my word doc that i send through e-mail. Its like completely backward from the compatibility i had before i got panther. I dont know what to do but if it is really panther im gonna have to go back to jaguar. I also tried sending a word doc from my girlfriends ibook to her parents dell and we couldnt open it up there either. I dont know what else it could be.

Re: Dude!

Originally posted by zellin
I'm sorry but before you say it is BS and insult Apple as trying to eliminate Microsoft from your lives, consider that Apple does not make the products you are concerned with. Since the Mac platform is not Microsoft's biggest priority, it is possible that Microsoft has not fully Pantherized Office yet. However, I am not experiencing that Problem at all.

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Whatever dude you can stick up for apple all you want it doesnt change the fact that i am having this problem and that the only thing i can figure that is causing it is panther. It worked just fine for me in jaguar. So it is BS because when u go into an apple store and buy microsoft office they swear up and down it is fully compatible with windows. And if compatibility isnt one of apples biggest priorities as u claim, then it should be. I dont know why you would stick up for such a blatent load of crap. Sure i love apple as much as the next guy but common.

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Originally posted by zellin
O yeah, who claims it is compatible?
All together now:
MICROSOFT

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Noooo, actually the people at the applestore clain it is compatible.

Re: Transfer?

Originally posted by Edot
How are you transferring these files? If you are using the Apple Mail program then when you attach you need to check the "Send Windows Friendly attachments" check box. Otherwise attachments will not be readable in windows. If you are transferring via SMB or FTP then I haven't the slightest idea.

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I am using the mail app and thank you for that piece of advice, however that is only a small part of the problem. When u burn a powerpoint to blank cd and it still ****s up everything on a windows machine, there is an obvious problem with compatibility. This is the case for my G$ mdd as well as my girlfriends new ibook g4.

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Originally posted by zellin
Um, that's because it is compatible

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Just do me a favor and stop posting because your not helping. Obviously your just being an annoyance who is not trying to help the situation and i'm tired of educating you on the situation. And no they are not compatible if you read the posts above. I came here to get advice on the problem not to argue with annoying n00bs acting like 5 year olds.

Originally posted by csubear
I havn't had problems with word, but power point can be a pain. Yes an un updated version of powerpoint is compatable with an un updated windows powerpoint. but as soon as they are updated things go very crazy. for what i have been able to tell win and os x version of powerpoint are not updated in parllel, and there for updated version get broken. i don't know what $m would do this but.. that is the problem i have been having. you might want to check version.
G/L

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Maybe that is it, but i still think that is kind of rediculous. how am i supposed to find out what version each one of my professors is using? Is there any other program that is compatible with office? That doesnt need to be the exact same version?

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Originally posted by zellin
Have you read my posts? Most people here are not having problems with Office and MICROSOFT CONTROLS OFFICE FOR MAC NOT APPLE so stop acting like I am a little kid who doesn't read other people's posts when you are either not reading or not paying attention to mine.

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Simmer down child. You may be reading other peoples posts but you are not helping what so ever. I came here to get help with my problem, not argure with you over whether apple or microsoft controls office. So untill you understand the point of this thread just stop posting.

Appreciated.

Originally posted by csubear
i just bring my ibook for presentations and use keynote, and blow everyone away with sweet slide transistions

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Yea that would be the easiest way to fix my problem for powerpoint but the most costly. I have been looking into gettin a used ibook though, maybe sooner than later. However I still dont know why this is happening to me. I tried to send a word doc to my brother just to test if it worked using the mail app with the send windows friendly attachment thing checked and it still didnt work. This is so frusturating.