DRM protection

[hndn]

Hi,
I received 2 files: powerpoint & word, downloaded, work fine on PC but in Mac, I got this message:

Please help.
Thanks.

 

[pdjudd]

What message do you get?

 

[hndn]

What message do you get?

Message as the picture 🙂

 

[TEG]

Message as the picture 🙂

There is no picture, only a broken image link.

TEG

 

[pdjudd]

Message as the picture 🙂

I don't see any image - there is nothing there.

ETA: Now it's there - I have never seen that message before in my life. Sounds like the document might have password protection on it or is encrypted. Odd.

 

[hndn]

There is no picture, only a broken image link.

TEG

Ooppss...I can see it on my end, uploaded it again.

 

[TEG]

It looks like you are SOL, as M$ chose to not allow encrypted documents to be read on a Mac. Try getting a different, non encrypted version of the files.

 

[hndn]

It looks like you are SOL, as M$ chose to not allow encrypted documents to be read on a Mac. Try getting a different, non encrypted version of the files.

What is SOL? Since it works in PC, why not in Mac?
Thanks.

 

[KingYaba]

What is SOL? Since it works in PC, why not in Mac?
Thanks.

**** out of luck. See TEG's post for why it doesn't work on the Mac.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=S.O.L.

 

[pdjudd]

Since it works in PC, why not in Mac?
Thanks.

Despite what their names imply, the Mac version of Office is not the same as the Windows version of Office - they do not have the same feature parity. Heck, they are even developed by different units at Microsoft. They are different products and do not work the same. Thats just how Microsoft decided to do this (my cynical side says that they did this to create dependency on Windows and Office monopolies).

 

[hndn]

🙄 Thanks all for the input.