problems importing .docx into iWork09

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  1. psipsina, Jan 19, 2009

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    So brand new macbook. Have a few documents that were started on a PC that I'm trying to import onto the mac. Bought iWork preinstalled. It isn't showing a bunch of images throughout the document (only some?). Instead it shows a + inside a box?? Talked to apple tech support and they basically said nothing could be done :( The strange thing is that the images show when I preview the document in finder. The tech guy was saying that the computer can't access the images but obviously it can. Does anyone know a fix for this?? Will it work in MS office 2008 or is that just wasting my $$??
     
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  2. xUKHCx, Jan 19, 2009

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    OpenOffice handles .docx (Then you can save it in a different format and transfer it into pages if you want), or you could try the office converter tool to switch it from .docx to .doc
     
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  3. numbersyx, Jan 19, 2009

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    .docx is the new MS Office standard and is the default for Office 2008 so yes it will work.

    To get those docs working without Office 08, can you re-open them on the PC and then re-save them in the .doc format? If so, you'll be able to access them on the Mac...
     
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  4. MisterMe, Jan 19, 2009

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    The default document format for Word 2008 is .docx. Suffice it to say that Word 2008 opens .docx documents irrespective of their source. No conversion is necessary.

    Pages and OpenOffice/NeoOffice will also open .docx documents. However, some minor formatting tweaks may be necessary.
     
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