[LINK] MS word (groan)

[Howard Lowndes]

On Wed, 2005-03-09 at 14:32, Peter Hughes wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am hoping someone will be able to suggest a workaround ...
> 
> In the past two days I have received M$ word files which appear fine on 
> screen but when printed either produce a blank sheet or certain key 
> fields are missing.
> 
> In both cases I am viewing and seeking to print them on a Mac using OSX 
> and Word X or Word 2004. In both cases it does not work to try to open 
> the files in another word processor (eg Nisus - I tried that) nor to 
> open it as text only (important material is lost then).
> 
> Any suggestions?

Have you tried them in OpenOffice, particularly the v2 beta?
> 
> All the best,
> 
> P.
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