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.noahnott
04/09/07 4:52 AM GMT
I'm making a spreadsheet and i'm going to send it to my teacher:

I have a pc, he has a mac. What kindof .*** should i save it as? .xls doesn't work (well at least on the mac i tried it on a week ago).

Thanks.
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.noahnott
04/09/07 5:24 AM GMT
nvm, i sent a bunch of different formats - that should take care of it.
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.artytoit
04/09/07 10:19 AM GMT
If it still doesn't work, try getting a copy of Stuffit. It compresses files and enables transfer between Mac and PC formats.
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&philcUK
04/09/07 2:29 PM GMT
mac to pc office files and vice versa should be fully compatible providing you are both using similar version products - mac office 2004 should read any file created in pc office providing it isnt a new 2007 file. mac office 2008 is out soon to make that bridge. as was said - archive your attachment into a zip file to mail it to avoid data corruption - a mac can open zip files as standard.
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.noahnott
04/09/07 3:11 PM GMT
i'll just have to see (aka, please please please) if my teachers computer has ms word - ...i don't even know what version i have.

Zip file? I thought macs couldent read those....well you though wrong, noah.

Thanks anyways, it's not due today...or tomorrow...or anytime for that matter.
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&philcUK
04/09/07 3:15 PM GMT
yes - the standard tools built into OSX can extract ZIP files - I dont think stuffit is standard though although it is a free download.
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.noahnott
04/09/07 3:19 PM GMT
just for fun, i'll see what stuffit is right now.
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.margali
05/17/07 11:02 PM GMT
Stuffit Expander is not default OS X software anymore. Zip will work - though it sometimes does odd things to custom icons, but that shouldn't be an issue for a spreadsheet.

.xls should open fine if your teacher has Office or OpenOffice of a suitable version. If it doesn't, try using "save as" and choose an _earlier_ version of Excel. That sometimes works wonders. I have no trouble exchanging files with Windows Excel users and I use OpenOffice. (Word did used to cause problems, but that was ages ago.)

Otherwise, if you don't need the teacher to edit it, can you turn the spreadsheet into a PDF?


Looking at the dates, I suspect you either sorted it or not, by now, but still...

- cfr
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